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North Texas Home Prices Bounced Back In May
Are you planning on buying a home in Dallas or elsewhere in North Texas? If so, the good news is that North Texas home priced bounced back in May. This could be due to the fact that it’s prime selling season or the fact that interest rates have been dropping for 6 weeks, regardless of the reason it’s a great time to buy a home in Dallas About Local Home Prices Local real estate agents sold 11,308 single-family homes last month — 6% more than in May 2018. May’s jump in area home buys pushed total sales up 1% higher so far in 2019 than in the first five months of…
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Planning on remodeling your DFW home? Don’t make these 8 mistakes!
Are you planning on remodeling the bathroom in your Dallas home before selling it? If so, there are a variety of mistakes that you don’t want to make in a bathroom remodel including the following: 1. Forgetting ventilation While focusing on your sleek, new programmable shower, don’t forget about the bathroom’s less glamorous needs—like how fresh air will enter the room. “The biggest mistake is underestimating the needed ventilation,” says Heather Carbone, a real estate agent in Boston. “The bathroom is the dampest room in the house and can be a breeding ground for mold.” “The classic ‘bad bathroom remodel’ story centers on a poorly ventilated bathroom,” Linden says. In addition to…
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2019 Real Estate Forecast
2019 is almost here and just about everyone from buyers, sellers, investors, economic analysts and construction crews are interested in what’s in store for the real estate market next year. Why? The real estate market has turned from a sellers market to a buyers market but the good news is that 2019 is going to be awesome if you know how to position yourself properly in the market. What To Expect In 2019 There’s no doubt about it: the 2018 housing market has seen its ups and downs. The year started with sky-high home prices, historically low mortgage rates and a definitive upper hand for sellers. In recent months though,…
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Should You Stage Your Home for The Holidays? The Answer Is Yes!
Staging is one of the best ways to sell a home, especially during the holidays because, it helps a prospective home buyer to envision themselves living in the home and start dreaming about what it would be like to celebrate the holidays there. In this article I will offer you several tips on how to stage your home during the holidays: 1. Show off your tree Realtors and home stagers agree that a Christmas tree can really add something to a home when it’s being shown during the holidays. “Having a tree up can help a family looking at your home know where they will put their own tree if they…
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How Do DFW Home Prices Compare to Pre-Recession Levels?
By Heath Olinger DALLAS, TX. – One of the top questions that most people have asked in the last year is if DFW home prices have reached pre-recession levels yet. This is an excellent question to ask because just about every homeowner in the DFW area has seen their home increase in value over the last 5 years but the big question is if we’ve gotten back to where prices were before the start of the “Great Recession”? 100% Recovered Thanks to recent data from Zillow and Dallasnews.com we know that local home prices have 100% recovered from where they were before the beginning of the “Great Recession” and many…
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Dallas Real Estate News – Downtown’s East Side Getting BIG Upgrades
As Dallas Real Estate becomes even more of a hot commodity, it was only a matter of time before developers set their eyes on other parts of Dallas that need redeveloping including Downtown Dallas’s East Side. Developers buying up blocks of buildings and land on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas think they are in the right spot to make something happen. Located between Deep Ellum and Dallas’ financial district at Commerce Street and Cesar Chavez Boulevard, the area hasn’t changed much in decades. Commercial buildings from the early 20th century line streets between downtown’s skyscrapers and the Farmers Market. Shawn Todd thinks this forgotten corner of downtown can be Dallas’ next reborn…
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Will the hot Dallas Texas Real Estate market ever cool?
Are you planning on buying or selling a home in the Dallas Texas Real Estate Market? Now is the perfect time to make your move because the market remains HOT and is perfect for owners to sell or for buyers especially if they work with an experienced agent like myself who knows the area. Will The Dallas Texas Real Estate Market Cool Down? During this competitive Real Estate market many buyers, sellers, investors and analysts have wondered if it’s ever going to cool down and the reality is that this market has continued to stay strong in spite of many challenges and it’s likely that the growth we’ve seen in…
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How to choose the right Dallas Texas Realtor
Are you searching for a Dallas Texas Realtor but don’t know who you should choose? If so, you’ve come to the right place! Buying or selling a home can be an adventure for sure but true successfully accomplishing your goals during the Real Estate process all comes down to choosing to first choosing the right agent and this is how you do it. Get a licensed agent working full time. Full service means the agent is working for you whenever you are in need. Full time agents are best prepared to resolve problems that crop up during negotiations and inspections as well as those that occur after the purchase.”How…
