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Old 05-10-2010, 06:33 PM
 
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Looking to move my family out of the city life and we are big animal lovers. Can anyone suggest an area outside the dallas metroplex that has exemplary schools and no HOA!
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Old 05-10-2010, 06:45 PM
 
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Argyle ISD and Gunter ISD are both great small town school districts.
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Old 05-11-2010, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Looking to move my family out of the city life and we are big animal lovers. Can anyone suggest an area outside the dallas metroplex that has exemplary schools and no HOA!
Hurray for the no-HOA! HOAs stink!!!!!
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Old 05-11-2010, 12:23 PM
 
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If you are looking outside of the DFW area, I'll admit I don't know much around Dallas but Argyle is north/northeast of FW and is closer to Denton. Some other areas that have good schools are Aledo, Tolar, and Glen Rose that have good schools. In fact all the schools in Tolar are exemplary but it is a very small town. All these towns are about 45 minutes south/southwest from FW with the exception of Aledo, it is a little closer. There is a mix of hoa properties but there aren't very many. In fact, one hoa was (we are looking at the area ourselves) $15.00 a month....that is a huge difference compared to the $162.00 I am paying now in the DFW area and most of the properties are on at least a 1 acre lot. If you buy into planned neighborhoods, you most likely will have an hoa but if you look at larger lots, there aren't as many that have hoa's, if any at all.
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Old 05-11-2010, 01:48 PM
 
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Very few places in Dallas have HOAs - where do you live?
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Old 05-11-2010, 10:06 PM
 
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Trenton TX, up Hwy 121 from McKinney, has excellent schools (including a good Ag program), some very nice homes, a very safe environment. Most of the social life centers on school and church activities, but it's not just a bunch of 'country folk' or a 'bedroom community' - it's a nice blend of both.
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Old 05-12-2010, 03:30 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Sugar Land, Texas. Come on over! Family and dig friendly, great schools in the First Colony area. You'll love it here, pretty diverse as well!
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Old 08-31-2010, 01:20 PM
 
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Location: 30 min. to Fort Worth & Arlington, less than an hour to DFW Airport, Hour from Dallas & Waco

School District: Grandview Independent School District is a TEA Exemplary / Recognized school district with a low teacher turn over and a low student turn over.
www.gvisd.org and click on “our district” to see District Information.

In Elementary children receive PE and Music every day. Third graders start Violin in Music and go on to be known as the Zebra Strings, who take a trip to Branson Missouri when they get older. Zebra Skippers is Grandview’s well known jump rope team that starts in 1st grade and goes thru High School.

Grandview offers the small town experience with a reasonable drive to all that the DFW area has to offer. Experience low crime rate, small town feel and sense of community. www.cityofgrandview.org

To see local properties:
www.forsalebyowner.com listing # 22782162
www.realtor.com zipcode 76050

For Jobs:
Stay centrally located to the DFW metroplex for the greatest flexiblily.
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Old 03-08-2011, 04:53 AM
 
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Why are there so many beautiful homes for sale in the metroplex? I have been watching the real estate trend for a while now, and I cant understand whats going on. Brand new homes haven't even been lived in for a while, and are back on the market. Anyone know why?
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Old 03-08-2011, 06:03 AM
 
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Why are there so many beautiful homes for sale in the metroplex? I have been watching the real estate trend for a while now, and I cant understand whats going on. Brand new homes haven't even been lived in for a while, and are back on the market. Anyone know why?
Really?

1. Financing is much harder to secure than it used to be. People have to put down more than they used to, limiting the pool of buyers with hearty cash reserves.

2. People can't sell their homes due to homes being worth less than they paid or less than they "cashed out" via home equity loans....hence, they can't buy another home.

3. Despite the government declaring the recession "over", consumer confidence is still jittery. Unemployment hovering around 8-9% in TX AND significant uncertainty about what the new state budget will bring- ie, 100,000 teachers possibly being laid off- 1/3 of ALL tx public school teachers!

4. The government assistance programs that "propped up" the housing market ended last summer ($8k rebate).

5. Foreclosures are the highest they've been in decades- which may explain the empty houses you see coming back on the market- maybe family bought 2nd home before selling 1st home, couldn't sell 1st home for what they needed or at all and couldnt manage 2 mortgage payments for an extended period of time, and one or both homes went into foreclosure. Maybe they bit off more than they could chew. Maybe one or both owners lost their jobs or took a pay cut during the recession and still havent bounced back financially.
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