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Dallas sits at the center of the fourth-largest metro in the United States, a sprawling economic engine that spans 12 counties, encompasses dozens of independent cities and school districts, and generates more Fortune 500 headquarters than any metro outside New York. AT&T, Texas Instruments, and Lockheed Martin have been here for decades. Toyota relocated its North American headquarters to Plano in 2017. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab, and Deloitte have expanded DFW operations dramatically. The result is an economy so diversified across finance, defense, telecom, technology, and healthcare that no single sector downturn threatens the housing market.

The current market reflects a metro that overheated modestly and is now recalibrating. Prices are down 1.4% year-over-year, inventory sits at 4.2 months, and homes average 76 days on market. This is not Austin's sharp correction or Miami's condo surplus, it is a healthy normalization. The northern suburbs (Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Allen) have seen the most supply growth as massive new-construction developments deliver homes that compete with resales. Within Dallas proper, walkable neighborhoods like Uptown, Deep Ellum, and Bishop Arts hold their value better because supply is constrained by geography and zoning.

The fundamental tension in Dallas real estate is the city vs. suburbs trade-off, and it is starker here than in almost any other US metro. Dallas ISD is a large urban school district with mixed performance. Highland Park ISD, Frisco ISD, Plano ISD, and other suburban districts consistently rank among the best in Texas. This drives families to the suburbs even when they would prefer urban living. The result: Uptown condos sell to young professionals and empty nesters, while families with school-age children cluster in Frisco, Plano, Southlake, and the Park Cities (Highland Park and University Park, technically separate municipalities with their own legendary school district). Property taxes compound this dynamic, rates range from 1.8% to 2.5% effective, and the differences between jurisdictions can mean thousands of dollars per year on the same-priced home. An agent who can map school districts, tax rates, commute patterns, and lifestyle priorities to specific neighborhoods prevents the most common DFW relocation mistakes.