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For Texas sellers, in plain English
Timing, taxes and tactics. One new piece most weeks; the evergreen answers live in the seller guides.
November 13, 2026
Is anyone still selling a house in Texas? About 955 homes close every day
"Nobody is selling right now" is the line we hear most this fall. The closing numbers say otherwise: Texas sold 87,862 homes last quarter, one every 90 seconds. What changed is which homes sell, and why.
November 2, 2026
Your 2026 Texas tax bill is here. Is the $140,000 homestead exemption on it?
Tens of thousands of North Texas homeowners pay full school taxes on the house they live in because the homestead exemption was never filed. How to check your bill in two minutes, how to file for free, how to get up to two years of overpaid tax back, and what it means if you are about to sell.
October 23, 2026
Seller-paid rate buydown vs. price cut: the DFW math at 7.32%
Nearly half of home sales now come with a seller concession. On a typical Dallas–Fort Worth house, the same $8,000 is worth about $450 a month to the buyer as a rate buydown and about $50 a month as a price cut. How to offer it, what the lender caps are, and when a price cut still sells faster.
May 12, 2026
When is the best time to sell your DFW home?
Seasonality matters less than you think. Here is what actually moves your sale price in Dallas–Fort Worth: inventory in your price band, condition, and the first two weeks.