No. McKinney stopped being a small town a long time ago.

The city is roughly the size of Plano, and nobody calls Plano small. What fools people is downtown. The historic square has held onto its small-town feel so well that plenty of visitors assume the whole …

It used to be.

Fort Worth earned the Cowtown name honestly, and it has held on to that reputation with both hands ever since. The reputation is charming. As a description of the city you'd be buying a home in today, it's a lie.

The short answer …

Plano has been on the top-suburb lists for more than 30 years.

Most cities get about a decade. A newer one opens up farther north, the builders move on, and the lists change. Plano keeps showing up anyway.

The short answer is that Plano gives three very …

Usually, no.

A job change by itself rarely costs anybody a mortgage approval.

Changing jobs without telling your lender is another story.

Here's the short answer. A job change affects mortgage approval when it makes your income look less stable to a lender. Moving to a …

“Should I buy a house now, or should I wait for the market to get better?”

We hear some version of this question all the time.

It makes sense. Buying a home is a major financial decision. You don’t want to buy right before prices fall. You …