05/09/2008

Housing values in North Texas are slow to rise, slow to fall
If home prices fall 5 percent, 10 percent or even 15 percent in the current downturn – and that's not likely – most North Texans will still have plenty of equity in their houses.

05/02/2008

Urban Land Institute expects 3,000 real estate figures to attend Dallas session
To hear local realty execs tell it, Dallas-Fort Worth is the center of the real estate universe.

04/25/2008

Commercial real estate isn't escaping the downturn, two new reports say
Two new economic reports show that the commercial real estate sector isn't escaping the U.S. economic downturn.

04/18/2008

Dallas-Fort Worth real estate firms move up in national rankings
Ebby Halliday Realtors – the area's largest residential sales firm – was the 11th-biggest in the country in 2007, according to a new report from RealTrends Inc. Ebby's up from 13th in 2007 and 18th in 2006.

04/11/2008

Get-rich real estate books also hit a slump
One of the more subtle signs of the shift in the housing sector can be found in my mailbox.

04/04/2008

Change is inevitable - despite neighborhood battles
The next time you drive by the southwest corner of Loop 12 and North Central Expressway, take a long look.

03/28/2008

Solution to housing meltdown is anything but simple
Just the other day President Bush observed, "I think this economy is down because we built too many houses."

03/14/2008

Questions surround Mandarin Oriental Hotel tower
If you think something's missing at the Victory Park development, you're right.

03/07/2008

Don't expect a bargain on mortgage rates
By now you've probably heard that mortgage rates are falling like a rock, which will cause everyone to run out and buy a house.

02/28/2008

Commercial sales fell in 2007, too
Local home sales weren't the only area of decline in 2007.

02/22/2008

Commercial market is shifting but not about to collapse
Slowdown. Cutback. Retrench. Recession. Buzzwords in the commercial real estate business are a lot different than just a year ago. The credit crunch and a softening national economy have set the stage for a shift in the property market in 2008.

02/15/2008

Expect credit woes to hit real estate investments
Last year was a boom time for real estate investment.