DFW Builder News

November new home sales beat expectations from CNBC.

This morning Rick Santelli reported a surprise ~17% uptick in new home sales for last November. It is my opinion that the December sales report may be even better. As real mortgage interest rates decline, and as the Federal Reserve signals it will remain neutral with future rate increases, home sales are responding positively.

Benzinga is reporting that an industry analyst is turning more bullish for builder stocks in 2019, suggesting a modest correction to the upside for home builders. 

If you put off buying, you might want to reconsider. Banks are competing for your mortgage business and that has driven rates down from their 5% peak last year. New home prices, although still

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Interest rates are projected to increase steadily throughout 2019, but buyers will still be able to lock in a rate lower than their parents or grandparents did when they bought their homes!

Home prices will rise at a rate of 4.8% over the course of 2019 according to CoreLogic. All four major reporting ...

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This year started strong for real estate, but then the market began to soften. Home inventory in the starter and move-up categories dwindled to almost nothing, mortgage rates were projected to rise, and home sales had decreased for several months in a row. To many, the outlook heading into 2019 appeared dim… at best. Then, ...

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For sure, market conditions have changed in 2018, but did you know that listing your DFW area home for sale during the winter months, when competing inventory levels are at their lowest, actually improves your chances for selling your home? It's all about the ratio of buyers per listing during the winter months that helps connects winter sellers to buyers. Interested in selling? Call , we can help you with some of the lowest commission cost structures, and full-service support found anywhere in the DFW Metroplex. 

Efficient one story floorplans are experiencing a lot of buyer interest. Whether you're younger and wanting a wow-factor single story home or perhaps downsizing and desiring a floorplan that gives you the best usage of floor space, a modern one-story is often hard to beat. Many floorplans claim to have that special panache but, this floorplan for sure offers a lot of modern functionality in just under 2400sf. This new Highland Home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Study, Large Master Suite, Media Room, and 3 Car Garage.

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Even before this year's hurricane season started, Americans were already feeling the effects of diminishing home affordability. Last year's devastating hurricanes, Harvey, Irma, and Maria added an estimated 282 billion dollars of added material and labor demands to an already stretched thin housing sector. With Hurricane Florence, and perhaps other storms yet to run their course this hurricane season, the U.S housing market will once again become burdened with additional supply and labor demands resulting from disasters, all working against affordable housing. Housing and Hurricane Florence.

The questions to ask is, has affordable housing, compounded by rising taxes, interest rates, and expensive natural disasters become increasingly part of

To all wanting a lower mortgage rate, you're running out of time. The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates this Wednesday, and will signal future rate increase probabilities for later this year.

Business activity is pushing NORTH past the Collin County Line. Denison Texas located in Grayson County, offers very affordable homes, lots of nearby outdoor venues, including all of the great vacation spots in gorgeous Southeast Oklahoma, and Lake Texoma, which is the 4th largest lake in Texas.

Now Texas' premier builder, Highland Homes, is opening a new community at Fawn Meadow at Gateway Village. Also, Gateway Village at Greenway Park. Location is to the West of US75 and just across from the Texoma Medical Center and convenient to Denison's best shops and restaurants. 

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Bloomfield Homes introduces their new master-planned community of Timberbrook in Justin, and has started pre-selling. Justin offers new home buyers an affordable master-planned alternative to the higher priced real estate in nearby locations of Roanoke and Argyle. New home pricing starts from the $270's and goes to just over $400K. 

Bloomfield Homes for years has focused on and taken up smart land locations across the DFW Metroplex and as a result, offers area home buyers well-built homes for more affordable prices. If you're in need of a home in the Justin, Roanoke area, then now is the time to contract to lock in introductory pricing. 

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Looking for a great deal on a new home in Dallas-Fort Worth? Here are the top 10 DFW new home price drops for January 2018. You'll see they range from 20% to 12%, and if you buy from Askins Realty Group, will qualify for our additional rebate. This is just a snapshot of our favorite deals, check our DFW Price Reduction Page to get the entire list.