Dallas, TX
The best day to list your home in Dallas-Fort Worth is less than a month away
The best day for homeowners to list their house for sale in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is April 12, according to a new Realtor.com study.
In the early to mid-spring there is a golden window in the home market when buyers are returning to the market, said Hannah Jones, a senior economic research analyst at Realtor.com.
Realtor.com placed the week of April 12-18 as the best days to list a home across the United States. Ideal time blocks to list a home range from March 8 to May 24 for the 50 largest metros in the country — but Dallas is near the national average, the firm notes.
“Sellers who are able to catch that early swing of buyers can expect to see a lot more demand for their home, versus later in the summer, when schools are out and there are more people in the market,” Jones said.
As a result, “there are more homes in the market and so you might have less demand for your home.”
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington homes listed on April 12 are expected to be on the market nine fewer days compared to the average week, according to the study. Additionally, views per property are anticipated to be up 23.5% and active listings are expected to be down 14.6% versus the average week.
A separate Zillow study said sellers in Dallas saw the strongest returns by listing in the last two weeks in April. The analysis found that time frame would deliver a price boost of about $5,700.
“Dallas is such a large and varied market of course,” Jones said. “So when you’re looking at that metro level it really does align with the national data because of how big it is and how those dynamics work out.”
That stretch of April still means higher prices, Jones said. D-FW homes listed during that time period are expected to have a listing price increase of about $24,000 versus the start of the year, according to the study.
However, the benefit of listing a home in D-FW in the time frame that Realtor.com is recommending is less stark compared to other metro areas.
The list pricing compared to the start of the year only expected to be up 5.8%, compared to other metro areas which have anticipated listing price changes as high as 15.8%. Dallas is a very stable market with fewer big swings and stronger demand than other metros, Jones said.
Getting a head start is key
Most people start getting ready to put their homes on the market before they actually list their home. The quality of homes has increased and in order to be competitive a seller really needs to get their home ready, said Jim Fite, CEO of Century 21 Judge Fite Company.
“They need to stage it properly, they need to get the repairs done in advance so that when it hits the market, that group of people that haven’t bought yet see it immediately and will be attracted to it,” Fite said.
If a seller hasn’t gotten their home ready to sell it will probably stay on the market regardless of when it is listed, he said.
The spring and summer is the home selling season, Fite said. More homes sell in the next five months than the following seven months, he said.
There are a number of reasons for that. School is getting out and people want to make a move before the start of the next school year, Fite said. People are also downsizing, possibly because kids are going off to college.
Because of that timeline, it’s good to start looking for a home in April, Fite said.
“If you bought a home in April, it’s not going to close until May,” Fite said. “So that means you’re not going to move in till the first of June, maybe. And then you have a couple of months to get settled before school starts.”
With the official NFL schedule coming this week, the Dallas Cowboys have revealed when, where and against who their Week 1 contest will be.
The Cowboys announced that they will square off against the New York Giants on the road in Week 1, with the game set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:20 p.m. CT. So, it’s prime time for the Cowboys to start the season.
This is the second game we know about for the Cowboys this year. Of course, we know they will be playing on Thanksgiving, also.
The official schedule will drop on May 14, the NFL announced last week. Schedules for all 32 teams will be revealed on ESPN and the NFL Network, but each team will unveil its own schedule on social media, also.
The Cowboys were always likely to play a road game in Week 1 because of an Usher and Chris Brown concert taking place at AT&T Stadium that week.
Dallas will also be impacted by an Ed Sheeran concert in Week 7, so that’s another potential road game. They could also play on Monday or Thursday that week, or have a bye.
Cowboys’ strength of schedule
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Cowboys are not going to have an easy road to make the postseason.
The Cowboys have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL going into the 2026 season, with only the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers having tougher slates.
Dallas’ schedule is also the third-toughest in the NFC, and the most difficult in the NFC East.
Sharp does his strength of schedule rankings based on win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than utilizing the previous season’s records because that metric doesn’t factor in offseason changes.
The Cowboys will play home games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.
On the road, Dallas will square off against the Giants, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
Of those opponents, seven of them made the postseason in 2025, a list that includes the Jaguars, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Rams, Seahawks and Packers.
All of those teams should be as good in 2026, and teams like the Colts, Titans, Ravens, Bucs, Giants and Commanders have a very real chance to be improved as well.
It won’t be an easy road for Dallas to get back to the playoffs in 2026, but there’s at least hope following a defensive overhaul.
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Dallas weather: May 10 morning forecast
Today is by far our most active day of the extended forecast. After our Red River Counties got some severe storms overnight, we expect a mostly quiet morning. Isolated storms are expected to start forming just after noon. The severe threat begins mid-afternoon in a more scattered fashion, before a cold front ushers in widespread rain and strong storms this evening.
DALLAS – A powerful cold front sweeping across North and Central Texas on Monday is expected to trigger a wave of severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, dangerous winds, and isolated flash flooding.
Severe weather in North Texas
Timeline:
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned that while showers and storms will begin developing Monday morning, the risk of severe weather will peak during the afternoon and evening hours as the front advances southward.
We are tracking two distinct phases of the storm system. Initial storms are expected to be “discrete,” or individual cells, which carry a high risk of large hail exceeding 2 inches in diameter. As the evening progresses, these individual storms are forecast to merge into a large cluster or broken line.
Once the storms consolidate, the primary threat will shift toward damaging straight-line winds. Forecasters warned that wind gusts could exceed 70 to 75 mph, speeds capable of downing trees, damaging roofs, and causing power outages.
In addition to the wind and hail threats, the system is expected to dump significant amounts of water. While most areas will see standard rainfall, there is a 10% to 15% chance that some locations could receive up to 4 inches of rain. Isolated flash flooding can happen over these locations.
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We are watching how morning activity near the Red River might influence the speed of the cold front. The exact position of that front will be the primary factor in determining where the most intense storms initiate.
Residents are encouraged to monitor local forecasts and have multiple ways to receive weather warnings throughout the evening.
The front is expected to push through the region by Tuesday morning.
7-Day Forecast
The Source: Information in this article is from the National Weather Service and the FOX 4 Weather team.
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