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ATTENTION Dallas Real Estate Home Buyers!!  - Dallas Home Buyer tax credit extended to April 30, 2010. Includes First Time Home Buyers & Repeat Home Buyers Dallas Home Buyer Tax Credit

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Highlights home buyer tax credit, FHA Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Loan Limits, Rural Housing Service, Low Income Housings Grants, Tax Exempt Housing Bonds, Energy Efficient Housing Tax Credits, Transportation Investments, Broadband Deployment

Check out the latest news on the Dallas Housing Stimulus Plan including $8,000 Dallas First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, New Loan Limits, and Neighborhood Stabilization plans

BREAKING DALLAS REAL ESTATE NEWS

October 10, 2009 - North Texas Condo Market Struggling - Mitchell Schnurman reports on the Dallas Fort Worth Condo Market.  High Inventory and Lending Roadblocks creating problems with market recovery.

September, 22 2009 - FHA Condo Approval Changes - New FHA guidelines tighten condo loan approval requirements.  Spot approvals are no longer an option for buyers looking to purchase condominiums in Dallas.

July 17, 2009 - Housing Recession Hits Dallas - Dallas home prices and sales plunge in the Park Cities and North Dallas area.  Concerns on home appraisals for purchasing and refinancing grow stronger.

July 17, 2009 - Dallas Mortgage Regulations - Latest Federal Mortgage consumer protection rules and regulations to protect home purchasers and those refinancing homes in Dallas.

May 11,2009 - Tax Credit Downpayment - Use your First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit as a downpayment on your new home in Dallas.

April 27, 2009 - Residential Real Estate Experts:  Time to Buy - A panel of five residential industry leaders shared their analysis and forecasts of the Dallas-Fort Worth housing market at the Residential Real Estate Forum held at the Fort Worth Convention Center

April 15, 2009 - DFW Urban Realty launches Fort Worth Real Estate Site & Dallas Apartment Locating Service
During a time when many local brokerages in the Dallas Fort Worth Texas area are cutting back on services and downsizing, DFW Urban Realty is expanding and adding new services. DFW Urban Realty recently added a new Fort Worth Real Estate website and launched a new apartment locating service. DFW Urban Realty attributes growth and expansion to the Real Estate Stimulus Package and increase in U.S. Consumer Confidence recently reported.

March 25, 2009 - Check out the latest news on the Dallas Housing Stimulus Plan including $8,000 Dallas First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, New Loan Limits, and Neighborhood Stabilization plans.

March 20, 2009 - Fed Drives Mortgage Rates Below 5% - Now is an excellent time to purchase a home in Dallas with the second lowest home mortgage interest rate on record.

Tuesday Feb 17, 2009 - Dallas 1st Time Home Buyer Tax Credit - New Dallas first time home buyer tax credit increased to $8,000.  No repayment requirement for purchases after Jan 1st, 2009 and before Dec. 1st 2009.

Thursday Feb 12, 2009 - Resales In Dallas Fort Worth Plunge but Rebound on the Way - A recent article by Steve Brown with Dallas News reports that a rebound may be near.  Home sales and prices are expected to hit bottom in 2009 and then move into recovery.

Dallas Fort Worth Homes Sales Fall 27% in January - Dallas homes sales and home values continue to fall.  Dallas condos sales off 46% from January 2009.  Condominium prices in Dallas down 16%.

Dallas Fort Worth Apartment Demand Takes a Dive - Dallas Apartment Occupancy falls more than 6,000 units.  More than 21,000 additional units are currently in development which is expected to pile on additional vacancies for local builders.

Dallas Builders Facing Foreclosure....Buyer Beware - More than two dozen builders have suspended operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Sotherby and Wall Homes in trouble.
 

Top Dallas-Fort Worth Homebuilders
Builder	2008 home starts
1. D.R. Horton	1,892
2. Legacy-Meritage- Monterey Homes	1,112
3. Centex-Fox & Jacobs-City Homes	881
4. Highland-Horizon- Huntington-Sanders Homes	838
5. K. Hovnanian	593
6. David Weekley- Custom Classic Homes	586
7. Choice-Parkmont Homes	581
8. History Maker Homes	577
9. First Texas-Gallery- Harwood Homes	547
10. Lennar Homes	542
11. Pulte Homes	495
12. Ryland Homes	489
13. Grand Homes	432
14. Coventry-Pioneer- Plantation Homes	355
15. Wall Homes	354
16. Beazer Homes	337
17. Drees Homes	323
18. Mercedes-Vintage Homes	273
19. Standard Pacific Homes	268
20. Darling Homes	263
SOURCE: Residential Strategies

Dallas Condo Prices Fall In Uptown - Channel 5 interview discussing falling condo and townhome prices in Uptown, one of the hottest neighborhoods in Dallas.  Low interest rates and low prices offer some of the best buyer options seen in years.

Fourth-quarter 2008 Dallas Apartment Statistics:
Apartment completions	4,215 units
Apartment demand	-5,870 units
Average monthly rent	$752
Average occupancy	91.4 percent
Units under construction	21,171 units