By Mike AlbaneseSpecial Contributor COVID, inflation, and labor shortages are noted as the main reasons for extended construction timelines. Area multifamily developers say inflation, rising interest rates, labor shortages, and supply chain issues are dragging out construction timelines. Data from the 2021 Survey of Construction from the Census Bureau revealed the average length of time […more]
We as real estate writers often speak in hyperbole. We might call a home a gingerbread house — and though technically this would mean a saccharine or overly-elaborate facade, we mean it more as a sweet, compact home full of quaint detail. See More…
Photos: Mimi Perez for CandysDirt.com Plano fire investigators have not yet identified the cause of an explosion on Shantara Lane last week that damaged a $2.5 million home. The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. See More…
Really good friends of ours hail from Iowa. They are the kindest, most hardworking, sincerest people you would ever want to meet. See More…
This week I asked the inspectors to send me an interesting problem they encountered in the field to share with our readers, and they did not disappoint. See More…
The Federal Reserve’s efforts to stamp out inflation by raising interest rates may be putting the brakes on a lot of house sales, both here […]
This week’s featured trinity is a handsome early-20th-century number that got a very attractive makeover not so long ago. And this updated Rittenhouse Square extended […]
New Flood Risk Tool for Home Owner and Homebuyer Research Risk Factor (also known as “Flood Factor”) connects individuals to comprehensive flood risk information specific to each individual property, including the FEMA flood zone and a risk score between 1 (minimal risk) and 10 (extreme risk). Key Points About Flood Factor According to the National […more]
Recent sales numbers suggest local home sale prices under pressure from rising interest rates. Nationally we are seeing price resistance due to rising rates, so we decided to study the local market to see what is happening here. From the graph we can see both median and average home sale prices topped out around April […more]
Doris Jacobs, Allie Beth Allman, and Carol McBride This says so much about the Dallas real estate scene and the razor-sharp competition between brokers for tip-top producing agents that brokers don’t just fawn over — they recruit, pursue, and hound, offering gigantic marketing budgets, hefty splits, trips to wealthy enclaves, and connections to some of […more]