This Year's Hot Headlines

Hot neighborhoods and house porn top 10 most popular real estate stories of 2014

Editor’s note: Another year has come and gone, so we are looking back on the most-read CultureMap stories of 2014. From the best neighborhoods to buy to the latest developments in high-rise living in Dallas, these are the real estate stories that had people talking:

1. Five best Dallas neighborhoods to buy a house right now. This was such a hot story that it made our overall list of most popular stories from 2014 too. To determine the next hot neighborhoods, we asked local real estate experts where homebuyers should invest their hard-earned money. These five kept coming up.

2. The most expensive homes for sale in Dallas right now. In June, when news broke that attorney Lisa Blue Baron’s palatial Preston Hollow estate was on the market for $37 million and some change, real estate contributor Candy Evans was inspired to find the most expensive houses for sale in Dallas at that time. Here is what she uncovered.

3. West Village completes Uptown Dallas domination with unveiling of 3700M. West Village officially secured its position as the epicenter of Uptown with the opening of 3700M. The fourth phase of the residential-retail wonderland includes a 21-story tower, two five-story buildings, 380 apartment units and approximately 37,000 square feet of retail space.

4. Most recognizable house on Inwood Road commands castle-worthy price. Anyone who has driven past the intersection of Inwood Road and Royal Lane in Dallas knows this house. It sits proudly on the corner, the imposing castle-like façade fully exposed, without a stone wall, tree or even a shrub to hide behind. And 10770 Inwood Rd. can still be yours for $6.399 million, down from $7.7 million.

5. $215 million resort will bring world’s longest indoor ski run to North Texas. If all goes according to plan, the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie will have a grand addition in 2018. Dubbed The Grand Alps, the $215 million development is an indoor ski resort and hotel that will sit on a massive, 350,000-square-foot property off Interstate 30 and Belt Line Road. The City of Grand Prairie announced the news in October.

6. Old Lake Highlands ranch with HGTV cred can be yours for less than $300,000. Ashley and Steven Walton found the home at 881 Berkinshire Dr. with the help of HGTV’s House Hunters. The couple says they were looking for a project when they moved out of their Uptown apartment in 2010, and they found it in this 1954 ranch near Hexter Elementary, which they put back on the market in July.

7. Uptown Dallas’ next haute high-rise promises to be a mind-blower. Back in July, real estate VIPs and select members of the media got a sneak peek at Bleu Ciel, the Harwood District’s next luxury high-rise. In addition to two- and three-bedroom units, Bleu Ciel will have a gourmet grocery market, restaurant, juice bar, bike shop, onsite dog run, two junior Olympic-size pools with cascading water features, and residents-only spa.

8. Jonas Brothers leave Westlake with $3.2 million parting gift in Vaquero. The Disney stars-turned-heartthrobs put their 7,360-square-foot Vaquero manse at 1724 Wisteria Way on the market. Besides the thrill of telling house guests who once owned the joint, the new owner gets six bedrooms and six-and-a-half baths; music, media and game rooms; and outdoor oasis replete with view of the Tom Fazio-designed golf course within this gated community.

9. Ballyhooed Preston Hollow Village reveals first round of restaurants and shops. In November, Preston Hollow Village, the much chattered-about, mixed-use development at the northwest corner of Walnut Hill and Central Expressway, officially released a list of phase 1 restaurants and retail stores that will open in early 2015, including Trader Joe's and Orangetheory Fitness.

10. Inside the Philip Johnson-designed stunner just listed in Dallas for $27.5 million. In September, the Dallas real estate world was buzzing with the news that the renovated Philip Johnson home at 10210 Strait Ln. had hit the market for $27.5 million. The New York Times called the home “almost campy” and said it was the “the most strangely fascinating thing” Johnson ever created.

3838 Turtle Creek Blvd. was once on the market for nearly $13 million.

3828 Turtle Creek in Dallas

Photo courtesy of Dave Perry-Miller & Associates

3838 Turtle Creek Blvd. was once on the market for nearly $13 million.

rent report

Here's how much rent prices have dropped in Dallas-Fort Worth since 2025

Dallas skyscrapers

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Rent prices are on the decline in most DFW cities.

Rent prices are falling statewide, and prices in certain Dallas-Fort Worth cities have declined by nearly 8 percent since last year, according to a new national rent report from Zumper.

The Zumper National Rent Report tracked year-over-year and month-over-month rent price changes in 100 U.S. cities for both one- and two-bedroom units using the most recent data available from May 2026.

Plano had the fourth-steepest rent decrease in Texas, with prices for one-bedroom units dipping 7.5 percent year-over-year to $1,360. Two-bedroom rent has dropped 5.5. percent from last year to $1,900.

In Dallas, one-bedroom rent prices fell 5.6 percent to $1,350, and two-bedroom rent is down 6.4 percent since last year to $1,900.

Arlington was the only major Texas city where rent prices increased from May 2025 to May 2026. One-bedroom rent increased nearly 3 percent to $1,090, and two-bedroom rent increased 2.1 percent to $1,480.

The cost for a single-bedroom apartment in Irving is $1,280, or the same price as it was a year ago, the report found. Two-bedroom units are 3 percent cheaper than they were last year, at $1,610.

In Fort Worth, respective rent costs for one- and two-bedroom units come out to $1,240 and $1,560.

Rent prices elsewhere in Texas
San Antonio saw the steepest drop in rent prices statewide, with one-bedroom rents falling by 10.4 percent to $950. Two-bedroom units have declined 6 percent year-over-year to $1,250.

These are the rent prices for other Texas cities in May 2026:

Austin: $1,420 for one-bedroom units; $1,860 for two-bedroom units
El Paso: $810 for one bedroom; $1,130 for two bedrooms
Houston: $1,130 for one bedroom; $1,430 for two bedroom

The report also revealed that four of the 10 U.S. metros offering the most concessions are located in Texas. Austin leads nationally with more than a third of rental units "dangling incentives to fill space," followed by San Antonio, Houston, then Dallas. A separate rent report from real estate data firm CoStar found Dallas-Fort Worth had the fifth highest apartment vacancy rate in the U.S. in March, meaning residents may be able to save on their rent depending on the financial incentives offered by landlords.

Additionally, these same markets offering generous rent concessions are also among the 10 U.S. metros with the largest population growth, which Zumper says signals ongoing tension between tenants and their landlords regarding prices.

"So while Texas absorbed a significant share of the 2023-2025 supply wave, inventory still has to lease up before landlords regain pricing power, and the steady inflow of new residents says the demand is there," the report said. "It’s just a question of when supply stops outrunning it."

From 2023 to 2024, Texas gained nearly 73,000 net new renters, making it the No. 1 magnet for renters nationwide.

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