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Buying a house in DFW
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:20 pm
I'll want to buy my first house this fall/winter. I'm in Dallas, which has a pretty crazy market. What's the best way to go about this.
I'm wanting to stay north, preferable between 35 and 75, since I work in Irving. Should I meet several different agents in different areas or will one agent be able to search the DFW for what I want?
Also if anyone can recommend someone, that would be great.
I'm wanting to stay north, preferable between 35 and 75, since I work in Irving. Should I meet several different agents in different areas or will one agent be able to search the DFW for what I want?
Also if anyone can recommend someone, that would be great.
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 6:22 pm
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Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:22 pm to Pelagic Patron
married, kids, schools, are they a factor? price range?
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:22 pm to Pelagic Patron
Is your title a command or a question?
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:23 pm to Pelagic Patron
Where in Irving are you working? One agent should be able to take care of all areas. I would look at Coppell, Grapevine, Colleyville or Southlake. Some of the better areas, good schools and no far from Irving.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:27 pm to gringeaux
Pelagic, you are in the same area I am looking into as well. I currently live in Carrolton and commute to Irving (Las Colinas) area. The housing market is crazy and ive come to realize to prepare to pay 250K easily for pretty much anything made after 2000. I have been searching along the Tollway (Sam Rayburn and PGBT) corridors. Las Colinas is tooooooo expensive right now and I have now started to consider the Coppell and Grapevine areas as Plano and Frisco are NOT a buyers market at this point.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:31 pm to 50_Tiger
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NOT a buyers market at this point.
three big companies, at the time, relocating operations here, paying moving, closing , etc., in a lot of cases people are playing with "house money" as they can outbid conventional buyers
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:32 pm to 777Tiger
Dallas market is feasible, but the Austin market is where it's at.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:33 pm to 777Tiger
Yeah me and my co workers had a discussion about this today. Toyota, State Farm, and I forgot the other, are moving their HQ's to Plano and im about 5 minutes away from that Billion Dollar space thats gradually coming along nicely. There was rumor (I work for Nokia) that we were going to build there on the land that Alcatel-Lucent originally procured, until we bought them out.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:34 pm to Pelagic Patron
Find one that specializes to your area.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:34 pm to 50_Tiger
quote:
d I forgot the other,
AA/USAir
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:35 pm to 50_Tiger
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Toyota, State Farm, and I forgot the other,
Liberty
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:37 pm to Paul Allen
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Dallas market is feasible, but the Austin market is where it's at.
I'd put Dallas and Far North Dallas /Collin County market up there with Austin. It's nuts right now.
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:37 pm to gringeaux
Working in Las Colinas. No kids, so the school district would only be a factor in reselling a house later on.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:38 pm to Pelagic Patron
Id also look in Valley Ranch
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:40 pm to Pelagic Patron
I'd look west, as a previous posteer suggested. I live in Southlake, old lady works in Dallas. Southlake, Grapevine, Keller, Colleyville, puts you in a good central location for just about everything around here.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:40 pm to 777Tiger
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forgot the other,
AA/USAir
Liberty Mutual too.
Market is nuts. A friend bought an old 1950's ranch in Richardson in late 2012 for $149,000. They sold last week for $274,000. No improvements were done other than a new A/C. Made over $100k for a 4 yr investment.
My house is in Lakewood and I'm considering putting it on market now
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:42 pm to Paul Allen
quote:
Dallas market is feasible, but the Austin market is where it's at.
This has nothing to do with this thread
Posted on 4/13/16 at 7:01 pm to ksayetiger
STFU
Posted on 4/13/16 at 7:12 pm to Pelagic Patron
Our eldest and family just sold home off Blue Mound and bought in Keller...market sounds like a shark tank, seller's market....their agent shopped the areas they were interested in...seems realtor is a must
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:26 am to SirSaintly
I bought a town home in Uptown in late 2009. It's now worth more than double what I paid and folks leave offers to buy on my door frequently.
It's crazy...
It's crazy...
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