April 8, 2010
Dallas-Fort Worth home sales rise 11 percent
North Texas home sales roared back in March, ending a three-month string of declines. And even more encouraging, median home sales prices increased by 6 percent from a year ago.
North Texas home sales roared back in March, ending a three-month string of declines. And even more encouraging, median home sales prices increased by 6 percent from a year ago.
Betting on a market rebound, Dallas-Fort Worth homebuilders started almost 60 percent more houses in the first quarter than a year earlier. It marked the largest annual increase in single-family home starts since 1983, housing analyst Metro-study Inc. said Monday.
Dallas-area home prices posted solid gains in the latest measure of the country's housing market – further proof that the local residential sector is stabilizing. Dallas' home prices were up 3 percent in December from a year earlier in the monthly Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index released Tuesday.
By Marc Roth http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/dec2009/bw2009127_753974.htm Interest rates are at historic lows but cyclical trends suggest they will soon rise. Home buyers may never...
By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/06/real_estate/tax_credit_extended/index.htm?postversion=2009110615 NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — President Obama signed an extension and expansion of the first-time homebuyers...
The pace of new home building in Dallas-Fort Worth picked up the third quarter from the previous quarter, but is still down from last year’s level, according to the latest numbers released today by Dallas-based real estate research firm Residential Strategies.
Survey says home building executives’ confidence level is inching ever so slowly upward. From horrid in January, we’ve reached tepid now. After horrid and tepid can only come torrid, but that’s still unaccounted for in the present cycle. John Landon goes on record to talk about the success of Landon Homes during the recovering housing market.
If you are a home owner or home builder, Texas is one of the best places to be – particularly the Dallas-Fort Worth area. According to an economic report just released from the Brookings Institute, the Dallas-Fort Worth area ranks third among metro areas that have been least affected by falling home prices and is one of the top three best housing markets in the country.
The bright side of the housing bust: Homebuying has not been this affordable in a generation.
Especially in a tough economy, plentiful job opportunities are key to making a great place to live. Collin County was one of 25 counties that have experienced the most job growth over the last eight years.