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Collin County market updates

Short, plain-language notes on rates, prices and strategy for buyers and sellers across Collin County and DFW. Looking for numbers? See the live city snapshot.

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Holiday Shopping: a stone home decorated with string lights and a yard sign for Mike Montgomery, SWR Group Keller Williams

November 2, 2026

November in DFW: Buyers, This One’s for You

Shopping for a home over the holidays? Four ways DFW buyers can use today’s market: aggressive offers, seller concessions, rate buydowns, and time.

A worried couple reviewing papers at a laptop, with the text: Our home isn't selling, now what?

October 26, 2026

Price drop or patience? 🤔

Your home has been on the market for 60 days. Does that mean it's time to cut the price? Why showings matter more than the calendar.

Split image: buy at 7% with low competition versus buy at 5% and be outbid for your dream home, with a multiple offers sign.

October 19, 2026

Waiting for lower rates? Everyone else is, too.

What happens when everyone who has been waiting for rates to drop decides it's time to buy at the same time?

Hands forming a roof over a small model house with the text: Hate the rates? Get creative. There's more than one way to buy real estate.

October 12, 2026

High rates? Time to get creative.

You don't have to wait for rates to drop. Five ways to structure a purchase: 2-1 buydowns, seller-paid closing costs, seller financing, assumable mortgages and bridge loans.

Bar chart: a $400,000 home bought in January 2026 grows to $458,314 by 2031, about $58,314 of potential equity growth, based on Fannie Mae's Home Price Expectations Survey

October 5, 2026

Where are home prices headed from here?

Fannie Mae's survey of more than 100 housing experts expects home prices to rise 14.7% through 2031. What that could mean for someone buying today.

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