New Downtown Dallas Towers Coming SoonDowntown Dallas is on track to welcome in three new towers, including hundreds of new apartments, tens of thousands of square feet of retail space and a large office building. The project is slated for one of the area’s largest vacant properties.

An Atlanta-based real estate developer recently purchased about five-acres just across from the Arts District at Ross Avenue and Routh Street. One of the new buildings is an office tower, while the other two buildings will be residential towers.

When finished, the site will include 45,000 square feet of retail space, 700 new apartments and an office building. Originally, the land was slated for another large tower that was going to be part of a larger complex, but that project fizzled out.

Work on the…

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If you’re in the market for a townhouse, here are some of the top communities in Frisco, TX right now:

Frisco Springs

Frisco Springs is a townhouse community with a swimming pool, walking trails and playgrounds. Located at North County Road and Eldorado Parkway, the master-planned community sits close to what buyers need and want in the Frisco area. The two-story townhomes typically include two- to three-bedrooms, 2.5-baths and a two-car garage.

Park Vista

Park Vista is a townhome community with a dog park, sports courts and traditional parks. As for the two-story townhomes, they come with two- to three-bedrooms, 2.5-baths and a two-car garage. Buyers will additionally find things like a kitchen island, a private owner’s suite and other…

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Luxury Homes For Sale in Southlake, TXIn a recent study by yardi.com together with storagecafe.com, Southlake was selected as the best suburb with a city feel in the U.S. Living here means you get plenty of space, safe streets and good schools, plus an excellent mix of lifestyle-oriented amenities.

Southlake, TX was selected as the best suburb with city feel in the U.S based on the following criteria:

  • The local median household income
  • Housing affordability index, an indicator that shows the local housing cost – both rents and home values – related to income
  • Local employment opportunities (businesses/1,000 people) and their corresponding average wage
  • Population density measured as people per square mile
  • The number of retail stores and restaurants per 1,000 of the local…

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DFW Homes Selling Above List PriceIf you’re in the market for a new home in Dallas-Fort Worth, you may want to prepare to pay more. For much of the year already, homes in the area have sold, on average, about two-percent higher than asking price.

In Dallas-Fort Worth, nearly 54-percent of homes sold above list price during the first nine months of 2021. It’s happening despite the fact home prices are also up. In the Dallas area, home prices are up about 25-percent year-over-year.

Dallas isn’t alone. The metro is just one of more than two-dozen of the nation’s largest metro areas seeing homes sell for more than the asking price. Homes are seeing the largest bump over list price in the California cities of San Jose and San Francisco, where about 75-percent of homes are selling over…

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DFW Home Prices CoolingHousing prices in Texas are starting to cool again after a run-up likely tied to the pandemic. Even so, prices could continue to keep climbing in the near future.

From late 2020 through much of 2021, the median house price soared in some of the state’s largest cities. Austin led the pack with prices up more than $97,000 between September 2020 and September 2021.

Just a few months ago, the median house price in Austin was $448,000, which was up from around $350,000 a year earlier. It was much the same in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, which saw a $51,000 boost in median home prices.

The median house price went up about $39,000 in both Houston and San Antonio between September 2020 and September 2021. For most of these cities, median home prices hit…

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