Texas Real Estate Research Center

The Last Word: Daniel Oney on Concentrating Efforts for DFW’s Economic Future

Oney was a panelist at a 2024 Economic Outlook event organized by the Dallas Business Journal on January 25 at the Tower Club. During the event—which featured discussions on DFW’s robust job creation record and the ongoing challenges of talent retention and workforce development—Dallas Citizens Council CEO Kelvin Walker, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative Director Cullum Clark, and John Stephens, former CFO of AT&T and current Dallas Economic Development Corp. board president ,discussed the importance of not just creating jobs but ensuring they lead to sustainable economic development.
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The Last Word: Realtor Joe Atkins on a New Surge of DFW Home Buyer Interest
After DFW median home prices spiked to $429,000 around the middle of 2022, they fell down to earth a bit in the year's second half, dropping to $385,000 according to data from the Texas Real Estate Research Center. Realtor Joe Atkins told WFAA that has led to renewed interest lately—a sign that a cooled Dallas home sales market could be heating up again as interest rates have begun to dip too.
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