$500 million urban village in Frisco will offer variety of housing By STEVE BROWN REAL ESTATE EDITOR Developers in Frisco have begun construction of an urban-style mixed-use village that will have almost 2,000 homes. The $500 million Canals at Grand Park development on Legacy Drive will have a variety of apartments, houses, townhomes and senior townhouses…

Dallas-Fort Worth new-home supply at 20-year low By STEVE BROWN REAL ESTATE EDITOR There were 2,423 completed, empty new houses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the third quarter. An analyst said about 5,000 would be expected.Louis DeLuca / Staff Photographer The number of finished new homes available in North Texas has dropped to a 20-year…

Largest master-planned community in Frisco prepares for rapid growth By Anthony Tosie, atosie@starlocalnews.com, @anthonytosie Published: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:37 PM CDT At 957 acres, Phillips Creek Ranch boasts thetitle of largest master-planned community in Frisco, and development is justgetting started. Republic Property Group,the Dallas-based developer of the master-planned community, hosted a grandopening ceremony Saturday, though in…

DALLAS-FORT WORTH Housing starts hit a 4-year high Homebuilders are digging out of darker days, now can’t keep up with demand despite priceincreases By STEVE BROWN Real Estate Editorstevebrown@dallasnews.com   Homebuilders who are scrambling to meet buyer demand have ramped up housing starts in theDallas-Fort Worth area to the highest point in four years. They…

REAL ESTATE REPORT D-FW home market gets groove back STEVE BROWN stevebrown@dallasnews.com   This spring will no doubt be remembered for its pounding Dallas hailstorms. And who could forget the devastating wildfires in Colorado that scorched thousands of acres. But will anyone recall that this was the season when the housing market finally got its…