New home starts in the Dallas/Ft Worth area are up more than 50% this year from the first six months of 2009. In addition, the number of new homes sold is also rising. The northern suburbs, including Frisco and McKinney, have shown the largest increases in starts.
Plano’s economy is holding strong despite the economic challenges in 2009. Plano ranked 5th in household spending, department store shopping, health care and restaurants. This is not the only strong news for Plano, the latest census data shows that Plano’s median household income is $84,493, the nations highest. Plano’s highly ranked schools, [...]
Data through October 2009, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the annual rate of decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites improved compared to last month’s reading. This marks approximately nine months of improved readings in these statistics, beginning in [...]