Craftsman Style Bungalows in M Streets, Dallas

There’s just something about historic, Craftsman-style bungalows that feel extra homey, and its the specific feeling exactly that continues to attract many DFW home buyers, even despite their modest size. Often described as quaint, charming and extremely desirable, if you’re looking for an authentic bungalow style home somewhere in Dallas, few locations are better to begin your search than over in the M Streets.

Perhaps more commonly known as Greenland Hills, the Dallas M Streets area, which gets its name due to most of its major and minor streets starting with the letter “M”, features a wide range of bungalows for sale, of which some date all the way back to the early 1920s.

Although not originally all built by the same home builder, house after house…

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If you’ve noticed the rise in home prices around DFW lately and may need to re-think your home buying strategy, opting for a spacious townhouse somewhere in the Dallas area is always a good idea, especially when you factor in the whole maintenance-free aspect.

Townhomes in Dallas are becoming more and more prevalent among area home buyers and continue to be a huge hit among all the Millennials that are finally starting to transition into home ownership for the very first time.

Whether it’s the lack of maintenance, the more affordable price tag (at least in some cases), or something entirely different, living in a townhouse definitely has its advantages, which is why the new townhouse community from D.R. Horton, Exall, is so exciting.

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Luxury DFW Real Estate

Luxury real estate is always a topic that catches most people’s eye, even if the obscene price tags attached to many of DFW’s most expensive homes is well beyond their budget for a new home or condo. From all the incredible interior finishes you’ll find inside such properties to the immaculate grounds and landscaping that help define expensive real estate in North Texas, it’s always fun to get a glimpse of how some people live, or to perhaps even do a little day dreaming about one day reaching that level as well.

Earlier this week, an interesting piece from the Dallas Morning News caught our attention, which detailed how both the inventory and home sales are up for ultra-elite properties around DFW, especially in that $10 to $20+ million range.

As noted…

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Pending Home Sales at Highest Level Since 2006

We’ve made a pretty substantial effort to document how wild the DFW real estate market has been in recent months, and in case you missed it, feel free to check out how Dallas-area median home sales prices are at record levels or how the housing inventory around the entire North Texas region is dramatically low right now.

The bottom line is that if you currently happen to be searching for a home or condo in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, chances are you’re experiencing first-hand just how difficult it can can be to not only secure a property you like, but to even find something decent in the first place.

Further evidence of how tough it’s getting was just recently reported, as pending home sales hit their highest level in 9 years back in April—a…

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With the DFW real estate market red hot right now, new development all throughout the Dallas area is back in full swing, especially around the downtown area. When it comes to new construction condos for sale in Dallas, the exciting and extravagant Blue Ciel building is getting all kinds of attention from both home buyers and those of us working in the industry alike, but there’s certainly much more to Dallas’ new construction condo market than just one high-rise building, regardless of how impressive it may be.

In fact, one particular condo project that isn’t getting enough attention, at least in our opinion, is The Residence at Turtle Creek, located at 2811 Hood Street. An intimate, 17-unit building that’s located in the heart of Mansion Park, this…

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Harvest Community, Argyle TX

It’s one of North Texas’ largest and most ambitious new construction residential projects—an incredible $1 billion, 1,150-acre master planned, mixed-use community that will eventually include 3,200 single-family homes when finished.

Developed by Hillwood Communities, Harvest is located at the northwest corner of I-35W and FM 407 in Northlake and Argyle, about 50 minutes from Downtown Dallas. Aside from all the fabulous homes from some of the area’s top homebuilders, Harvest also offers home buyers easy access to some of the best shopping, dining, and employment centers in all of North Texas. In addition, Argyle and Northwest ISD Schools are some of the most highly-rated facilities in the state, making it the perfect place to live for young and growing…

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DFW Real Estate Market

According to recent housing report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages are already starting to increase slightly as we continue to push through the busy spring season and approach the summer months.

While the rise in rates is hardly a surprise and has been widely expected by many real estate and mortgage professionals, those planning to buy a home sometime in 2015 might want to move forward sooner rather than later.

Numbers published by HOUSINGWIRE show that from February to March, the average interest rate on a conventional, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage of $417,00 or less jumped 4 basis points from 3.91% to 3.95%, while the effective interest rate on all mortgage loans in March locked in at…

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Hebron 121 Station, Transit-Oriented Development

Despite some millennials finally starting to enter the housing market to test the waters of home ownership, others are perfectly content with renting, consequently making transit-oriented development as popular as ever around the DFW area. Long gone are the days of time-consuming commutes to work, having to drive everywhere you go, and the overall inefficiency of how we once viewed a traditional suburban lifestyle.

Instead, today’s younger generation is much more focused on driving living costs down anywhere they can, which often means ditching the car and all the expenses that go along with it and alternatively using public transportation wherever possible.

Making headlines earlier this week was one of DFW’s most popular transit-oriented developments,…

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Affordable Neighborhoods in Dallas

With DFW home prices at record levels right now, many home buyers, especially first-timers, are finding themselves looking for a home or condo that’s located in perhaps more of an up-and-coming part of town rather than a trendy, already-established neighborhood that features more expensive housing.

The real estate market in Dallas is much like any other major market, in that location is often a top-priority for many active buyers browsing active homes for sale. But with market conditions scorching hot right now and inventory quite low in most parts of town, it doesn’t hurt to think outside the box every now and then in hopes of finding a great deal, or even a home or condo that could have a great long-term value.

So if a value play might sound like a…

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DFW Home Prices

In case you haven’t heard, the DFW area real estate market has been exceptionally hot this year, and things only seem to be getting better as we push through what’s traditionally one of the busiest seasons of the year for the real estate industry.

Late last week, sales numbers were released from the month of April, and for the first time in history, median sales prices for single-family homes around North Texas rose to over $200,000. The official number, $207,000, was up 14 percent in April, but what’s even more incredible is that the median price of a singe-family home sold by a real estate agent in North Texas is nearly 60 percent higher than it was in January 2010, or right around the time of the worst part of the recession.

With this latest surge in…

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