Where to hunt in DFW

The pitch: The deepest price softening in DFW combined with the highest months of supply. Forney is the new-build hotspot — multiple builders running buy-down packages. Inventory growth is moderate because the market is still catching up on demand, but pricing has reset hard.

Tactics: Lead with new construction. Use builder incentive packages to negotiate down on resale properties. Insist on closing cost credits — sellers here are unusually flexible.

The pitch: Sales volume collapsed 25% year-over-year — that's not a slowdown, that's a stall. Sellers who need to move are getting desperate. Inventory growth is steep.

Tactics: Target homes 60+ days on market. Open offers with aggressive price reductions and concession requests. Heath and Fate offer the best lake-adjacent value.

The pitch: The biggest inventory swing in DFW. The years-long Frisco/Plano premium is finally compressing. Celina and Prosper have massive new-build inventory — builders are aggressively buying down rates and crediting closing costs.

Tactics: If Frisco/Plano are out of budget, shift to Princeton, Anna, Melissa or Celina. Use Celina builder packages to negotiate resale properties in Frisco's secondary corridors.

The pitch: Aubrey and Cross Roads are the next major growth corridor. The DFW airport extension and Highway 380 widening are reshaping access. Massive new-construction supply means builder incentives stack here.

Tactics: Target Aubrey new-builds for the lowest effective payment. For school priority, shift focus to Flower Mound or Argyle resales sitting longer than 45 days.

The pitch: The county is bifurcated — the most desirable urban neighborhoods (Lakewood, Lake Highlands, Oak Cliff) hold value, while DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Mesquite show meaningful softening. Look for "missing middle" townhomes and duplexes in Richardson.

Tactics: Use longer days-on-market filters here than in Collin/Denton — Dallas resales hold list price longer because urban inventory turns more reliably. Negotiate hard on closing credits rather than price.

The pitch: The tightest county in DFW, but still meaningfully more buyer-friendly than 2022. Fort Worth proper continues to grow in popularity (cost-of-living arbitrage from Dallas), and Mansfield has solid value. Southlake and Keller hold price but have meaningful inventory growth for the first time in years.

Tactics: Less aggressive pricing strategy here. Focus on concessions, repairs, rate buydowns — Tarrant sellers will give terms before they'll give price.