Real Estate Loans are Down From a Year Ago. Here are Three Reasons Why. 

By the end of June, monthly U.S. real estate loans for all commercial banks decreased .09 percent from May to $5.6 trillion. This marks the first decrease since the same month last year (Figure 1). Three factors were primarily behind the current downturn.  Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data  High

Do Investors Flood Housing Markets After Natural Disasters? 

More than 180 natural disasters have impacted Texas since 1980, and the combination of economic growth patterns and climate change is projected to expose a growing share of the state’s population to these traumatic events, according to the Office of the Texas State Climatologist at Texas A&M Univers

Good Bull! Takeaways from Aggie Real Estate Network Annual Conference

Last week I attended the annual conference of the Aggie Real Estate Network (AREN) in Dallas. The speakers and panelists provided excellent insights into the current state of commercial real estate (CRE) in Texas. Below are some of my thoughts, which don’t necessarily reflect the speakers’ opinions

2024 Strong Year (So Far) for Dallas Luxury Home Market

The Dallas luxury housing market is having a strong sales year so far based on May 2024 data. The sales volume of homes priced at or above $1 million is up 28 percent from this time last year. Year-to-date sales of all homes in the Dallas-Plano-Irving metro division are up 2.15 percent compared to l