Limited Inventory and High Demand Set Collin County Housing Trajectory
The Collin County Association of Realtors (CCAR) reports that buyers continued to pay more for homes in February as they competed for limited inventory. In February, homes went under contract in 22 days for 106.1% of their original list price on average. At the closing table, home buyers paid a median sales price of $475,000,…
Texas Home Sales and Median Price Reach an All-Time High in 2021
For the seventh year in a row, the number of Texas home sales and median price hit a record-breaking high, according to the 2021 Texas Real Estate Year in Review report released today by Texas REALTORS®. “2021 was an exciting year for Texas real estate,” said Russell Berry, 2022 chairman of Texas REALTORS®. “Demand for…
Get Help Navigating the March 1 Matrix Updates, Register for CCAR’s Free 1-Hour Course
If you would like help navigating the March 1 changes to Matrix, join us for a free, one hour, non-CE class “Updates to Matrix MLS System Effective March 1”. This class will take place virtually and provide an overview of the major changes, field name changes, new fields, and search changes that went into effect…
Peace, Love, and Security
By Brenda Franks, Business Development Manager of Big D Key, LLC and member of CCAR’s Affiliate Committee In these crazy times, we all could use some peace of mind. Uncertainty is part of life, but lately its taken a more active role for most of us. It’s hard to know what will come next and…
NTREIS Provides a Matrix Conversion Update
An Update from NTREIS on the Matrix Conversion: Conversion went as scheduled Monday night and went live at 10 am on Tuesday. We continue to work through some issues and the Corelogic team has been very responsive, resolving reported issues quickly whenever possible. We did have a delay with OneHome, as it took longer than…
NTREIS Matrix Conversion Update
Find the latest Matrix conversion update here: NTREIS Provides a Matrix Conversion Update A Matrix Conversion Update from CCAR’s MLS Department: As with all system conversions, they are rarely 100% accepted by users or 100% error free at initial release. The following items are being addressed by NTREIS and third party vendors. PDF version of…
Congratulations to Bri Westbury: CCAR’s New Communications Director
It is with great excitement that CCAR announces Bri Westbury has been named CCAR’s new Communications Director. Bri’s large business skill set and industry knowledge, coupled with years of experience in marketing and public relations, will further our quality communications programs well into the future “The CCAR Communications team knows it is vital for our…
January 2022 Real Estate Rundown
Get the latest stats and numbers for the January 2022 market in Collin County here.
Has Texas’ Land Rush Run its Course?
A year in which Texas rural land sales reached unprecedented highs ended with a surprising slowdown. Total land sales for 2021 surpassed 2020 by 17.8 percent. That was despite a fourth quarter with 953 fewer sales than the same period of 2020. “There were 9,055 Texas land sales in 2021,” said Dr. Charles Gilliland, research…
Old Phones May No Longer Connect To 911
We would like to thank the McKinney Police Department for making the public aware that soon phone carriers will be removing 3G networks from use. This means most older phones and tablets may no longer connect to 9-1-1. We encourage everyone to contact their network provider to ensure you are on a plan with an…