Hottest Neighborhoods

Surprising Dallas neighborhood is the No. 1 most intriguing in the U.S.

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The Dallas Arboretum is a big Northeast Dallas draw.

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A Dallas neighborhood is the No. 1 place in the U.S. being checked out by homebuyers online.

According to a study called "The U.S. Neighborhoods Homebuyers Are Most Interested In," a neighborhood designated as Northeast Dallas got the most views per day on Zillow — beating out Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, and New York.

Commissioned by a website called HouseFresh, the study looked at daily views on home listings in 100 of the most populous American cities on Zillow, as well as the number of days a home was listed on the market.

Northeast Dallas had the highest number of views, with more than 36,100 views per day on Zillow — well above the second-place Hollywood Hills, which had 32,216 views.

The top 10 most popular neighborhoods in the U.S. are:

No. 1 – Northeast Dallas
No. 2 – Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles
No. 3 – Camelback East in Phoenix
No. 4 – La Jolla in San Diego
No. 5 – Upper East Side in New York
No. 6 – North Mountain in Phoenix
No. 7 – Summerlin North in Las Vegas
No. 8 – Elkhorn in Omaha, Nebraska
No. 9 – Lake View in Chicago
No. 10 – Deer Valley in Phoenix

They're using Zillow's definition of Northeast Dallas, which comprises a wide-ranging triangle that starts at Deep Ellum and extends to the boundary of Garland to the east and Richardson to the north, encompassing Lakewood with White Rock Lake at the center. It's a pretty big "neighborhood."

The top five most popular neighborhoods in Dallas include some of the wealthiest areas in the city:

No. 1 – Northeast Dallas
No. 2 – Preston Hollow
No. 3 – Far North
No. 4 – North Dallas
No. 5 – M Streets

House sales overall have recently declined, which the study says is an indicator that these searches may be about "feeding our longing to improve our own lot and satisfy our curiosity to see inside the homes of others."

Least popular
The least popular neighborhood in Dallas are homes in the Northwood Estates community, which attracts only 47 views per day on Zillow. Not a surprise since the neighborhood, located near Royal Lane and Greenville Avenue, has an unusually high number of rentals — about 40 percent of homes in the area. Nextdoor estimates the total population at 3,540, mostly people in their mid-50s.

Northwood Estates also ranked No. 6 in the overall list of least popular U.S. neighborhoods in HouseFresh's study.

The five least popular Dallas neighborhoods For Zillow searchers are:

No. 1 – Northwood Estates
No. 2 – Kleberg
No. 3 – Near East
No. 4 – Buckner Terrace
No. 5 – Eagle Ford

Houses in Kleberg, the No. 2 least popular Dallas neighborhood, saw 242 more daily views on Zillow than homes in Northwood Estates. The formerly-unincorporated community has a population of 5,200-plus residents who are an average age of 45 years old, according to Nextdoor.

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Tunnel News

Southern Dallas complex wins free underground tunnel from Elon Musk

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A Southern Dallas development is in line to get a tunnel from Elon Musk: The University Hills Development, a billion-dollar housing project at the northwest corner of I-20 and Lancaster Road, has been awarded an innovative mile-long tunnel to be built by Musk’s The Boring Company, which will connect the development to a nearby DART station.

According to a release, University Hills was among 16 finalists out of a total of 487 submissions vying to get a tunnel in a contest that The Boring Company launched in January — soliciting proposals from individuals, companies, and governments that would demonstrate the potential for tunnels to solve problems.

Musk founded The Boring Company in 2016 as a subsidiary of SpaceX to improve tunnel boring speeds and reduce urban traffic. Now an independent entity, the company creates underground transportation tunnels with a goal of reducing traffic and enabling rapid point-to-point transportation.

University Hills was one of three finalists in the U.S., along with NOLA Loop in New Orleans, and Ravens Loop in Baltimore. Before any tunneling begins, there'll be a diligence process which includes meetings with elected officials, regulators, community leaders, and business leaders, plus experimental borings and an investigation into the impact on utility and subsurface infrastructure. Only then will it be determined whether the tunneling ensues.

University Hills is a 280-acre, $1 billion development in Southern Dallas by Hoque Global, which will include 580 homes with a town center at its core. If the project gets the go-ahead, that town center could now be connected by tunnel to the nearby DART Station at the University of North Texas Dallas.

Hoque Global founder and CEO Mike Hoque calls it "an honor to be recognized with the City of Dallas as the winning project for The Boring Company’s Tunnel Vision Challenge."

“University Hills is innovative in all of its features to bring connectivity and growth, and this recognition highlights the development’s landmark work for Dallas and Southern Dallas, and shows how emerging infrastructure solutions can strengthen access to transit, jobs, and opportunity for the surrounding community," Hoque says.

Dr. Warren von Eschenbach, the president of the University of North Texas at Dallas, says the project will strengthen connection with the community.

“UNT Dallas is pleased this innovative tunnel will increase access to and from our campus and the region,” Eschenbach says. “It symbolizes the continued growth of Southern Dallas through technology, collaboration and forward-thinking and will strengthen the community surrounding the University."

Groundbreaking and timing for the project to be announced, based on planning and permitting with The Boring Company and City of Dallas.

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