Developments

Your Strategic Game Plan for 2026 (While We Wait for Answers) If you’ve followed this series from the beginning, you know by now that the Ellis County housing market has been through its own Upside Down journey. Episode 1: We watched the portal open in 2020, ultra-low rates and pandemic disruption fundamentally reshaping reality. Episode 2: We felt Vecna’s curse trap millions of...

How New Construction Is Reshaping Ellis County (And Why I Have Insider Access to the Experiments That Matter) If you’ve been following this series, you know by now that the housing market went through its own Upside Down moment. We’ve explored how the portal opened in 2020, how Vecna’s mortgage curse trapped millions of homeowners, and how the Mind Flayer’s economic web of Federal Reserve...

Why the smartest money in America is betting on southern Dallas County, and what it means for anyone thinking about buying property in the next 24 months Listen, while most agents are busy posting “Sunday Funday” content and recycling the same tired buyer tips, something massive just happened in Wilmer, Texas that’s going to reshape property values across southern Dallas County for the next...

Listen, while everyone else is watching headlines about park expansions, I’m tracking something bigger: a $121 million catalyst that’s about to create serious wealth-building opportunities in Dallas real estate. And the clock is ticking. The Klyde Warren Park expansion launching in late 2026 isn’t just another civic improvement project, it’s a strategic inflection point. The $121 Million...

Date: September 30, 2025Read Time: 8 minutesThe Bottom Line: While everyone’s watching DFW, Love Field is making a billion-dollar chess move that will reshape North Dallas real estate for the next decade. Here’s what you need to know RIGHT NOW. The Move Nobody Saw Coming (Except Me) Let me tell you something most agents won’t: the real estate game changed the moment Dallas Love Field...

Here’s the scoop on Dig World and what it can mean for Grapevine real estate Three months ago, I started tracking permits and development activity around Grapevine Mills. While my competitors were focused on interest rate headlines, I noticed something interesting: major infrastructure improvements, increased commercial leasing activity, and strategic partnerships that suggested something big was...

Why smart money is positioning NOW for the I-35E transformation Here’s what separates the players from the spectators in North Texas real estate: while everyone else is chasing yesterday’s opportunities in oversaturated markets, the real wealth is being created in the areas nobody’s paying attention to yet. I’ve been tracking something that’s about to fundamentally reshape wealth...

The 14 North Texas Communities Where Drone Delivery is Already Reshaping Property Values (And the Ellis County Opportunity Everyone’s Missing) Bobby Franklin Market Intelligence Report | September 16, 2025 "And if you’re not factoring drone delivery access into your home search, you’re missing the next wave of suburban value creation." Here’s what your competition doesn’t...

Why this Ferris Development is Just the Beginning of Something Much Bigger While every real estate agent in DFW is talking about the 5,200-acre Ferris development like it’s just another subdivision announcement, I’ve been digging deeper. And what I’ve uncovered should make every investor, homeowner, and business owner in Ellis County sit up and pay attention. This isn’t just about...