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Even when war tensions de-escalated, mortgage rates didn't drop with oil prices. Learn how the latest Fed meeting determined the future of rates.

June 2026 North Texas Market Report: The Iran War Paused, Oil Crashed, and Your Mortgage Rate Didn’t Flinch

Update, July 8, 2026: This report covers June, and June's story has already flipped. Days after the ceasefire was signed, it cracked when Iran attacked three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The United States answered with fresh strikes, revoked Iran's oil waiver, and President Trump, speaking from the NATO summit, called the interim deal "over". Oil jumped roughly 6% and mortgage rates ticked...

The Affordability Crisis: 25M Working Adults Still Live At Home

The Affordability Crisis: Why 25 Million Working Adults Still Live With Their Parents in 2026

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors TeamServing Ellis County, Waxahachie, DFW & Greater North Texas | 214-228-0003 | northtexasmarketinsider.com Two numbers went viral this summer and almost everyone made the same mistake, reading them as separate stories. A record 25.2 million adults under 35 are living with their parents, and a...

Dallas Zoo Wild Horizons $119 Million Expansion Project

Dallas Zoo’s $119 Million Wild Horizons Expansion Is Transforming Oak Cliff

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors TeamServing Ellis County, DFW & Greater North Texas | 214-228-0003 | northtexasmarketinsider.com "Is the Dallas Zoo expansion going to raise home values near Oak Cliff?" "What neighborhoods will benefit from the Dallas Zoo's new African Shorelines habitat?" "Is now a good time to buy near the...

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act could severely limit investor activity

The Housing Vote That Decides Your 2026: What North Texas Buyers and Sellers Need to Know Before the Senate Acts This Week

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors TeamServing Ellis County, Waxahachie, Midlothian, DeSoto, Ennis, and the Greater DFW Metroplex | 214-228-0003 | northtexasmarketinsider.com Last updated: June 16, 2026 Here is the thing most buyers in Ellis County will find out a week too late. The single most consequential housing bill in a...

The U.S. and Iran are crafting a deal that could potentially make life more affordable and bring 5.5 million home buyers back to the market

The Iran Deal Could Unleash 5.5M U.S. Home Buyers: Why North Texas Buyers Should Move Before Rates Fall

A war on the other side of the planet has been quietly setting the price of your next mortgage payment in DFW and this week the most important number in that whole equation finally moved. The United States and Iran reached a framework deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the signing scheduled for Friday, June 19 in Geneva, according to NBC News. The instant the news hit, oil fell more...

Realtor.com’s Total Cost of Ownership report, found the average buyer of a new home saves $25k+ over the first 10 years of ownership compared to the buyer of a 20-year-old home.

Is Buying a New Construction Home Really Worth It? The $25k Reason North Texas Buyers Are Rethinking Everything in 2026

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors TeamServing Ellis County, Waxahachie, Midlothian, and the Greater DFW Metroplex | 214-228-0003 It’s midnight and you’re scrolling Zillow again. You keep landing on that new construction listing in Midlothian, then bouncing back to the “cheaper” resale home two zip codes away, running the...

If you’re renting or apartment hunting across North Texas and you rely on an emotional support animal, here is the honest read on the new HUD rules and the changes you need to know about

HUD Just Revoked Protection For Untrained Emotional Support Animals. Here’s What Every North Texas Landlord and Tenant Needs to Know Now.

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors TeamServing Ellis County, Waxahachie, Midlothian, Red Oak, Ennis, and Greater DFWPublished June 2026 | Updated Regularly This article is written for educational purposes and is not legal advice. Fair housing law is evolving fast right now; consult a licensed Texas real estate or fair housing attorney...

Pending DFW Home sales plummeted 20.56% as inflation, cost of living, gas prices and the Treasury market reacted to the ongoing war in Iran.

May 2026 Market Report: Rates Climbed, Pending Home Sales Down 20.56%, Buyers Market Is Here

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors TeamServing Ellis County, DFW & Greater North Texas | 214-228-0003 | northtexasmarketinsider.com The headline writers certainly had their fun in May with the multitude of global and national events. Mortgage rates climbed for most of the month, and every doom account on your feed treated it...

The Dallas Mavs are scouting Valley View Mall and the Dallas Stars are eyeing Willow Bend in Plano, what does the 2031 exit for both teams mean for downtown property values?

The Stars and the Mavericks Are Leaving Downtown Dallas. Here’s What It Actually Means for North Texas Home Values.

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors TeamServing Ellis County, DFW & Greater North Texas | 214-228-0003 | northtexasmarketinsider.com Within forty-eight hours this week, both of downtown Dallas’s major sports franchises made their exits official, and most of the agents reacting to it are reading the wrong map entirely. The...

Why Downtown Dallas’s New Police Command Center Is a Leading Indicator for Ellis County Home Values

By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team | Waxahachie, TX | 214-228-0003 | Published June 2026 When Dallas opened a permanent 120-officer downtown police command center last month, most people in this market filed it under “public safety news” and kept scrolling. That is the most expensive mistake you can make with a real estate...