By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team | TREC #0805459 Last updated: July 23, 2026 Ellis County has 29 data center power requests on file totaling roughly 23.9 gigawatts, the most of any county in Texas, and the man who runs the grid has said out loud that most of them will never get built. Hold both of those facts at the...
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...
By Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® | North Texas Market Insider™ | Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team | Waxahachie, TX | 214-228-0003 | Updated: May 2026 Here’s what most agents won’t tell you: the data from the week of May 1–8, 2026 just drew a line in the sand. 79,220 weekly pending home sales nationally. That’s not a blip. That’s not a seasonal adjustment you explain away at...
Last Updated: January 2026 Listen up. If you’re buying new construction in North Texas right now, you’re stepping into a process that most agents don’t understand and most builders won’t fully explain. That’s not conspiracy, it’s just reality. Builders are optimized for volume. You? You’re optimized for getting your family into the right home without getting blindsided. This is...
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...
The Bottom Line First On November 4, 2025, Texas voters approved massive property tax relief that takes effect immediately for your 2025 tax year. Here’s what you need to know: For all homeowners: Your homestead exemption just jumped from $100,000 to $140,000, saving you approximately $350-$500 annually. For homeowners 65+ or with disabilities: You now get a combined $200,000 exemption (the...
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