Dallas is the 9th-largest city in the U.S., about 1.33 million people (Census, 2025), and every neighborhood is its own market, from Lake Highlands to Oak Cliff. I'm Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, and I've toured 16 Dallas homes on video. This is everything I'd tell a client before they buy or sell here.
Ben's take: “There is no single Dallas market. A Lake Highlands house in Richardson ISD and an Oak Cliff bungalow in Dallas ISD trade on completely different comps, and I price them that way.”— Ben Jimenez, Real Estate Agent, Real Broker, LLC
Dallas homes sold for a median of about $450,000 over the three months ending September 2026, up 3.4% from a year earlier, with a median of 53 days on market (Redfin). Redfin rates Dallas somewhat competitive. Citywide numbers hide huge swings by neighborhood, which is why the tours below are grouped by area.
In Dallas the price per square foot can double from one side of a highway to the other. I pull sold comps from the same neighborhood and school district, not a citywide average.
Dallas buyers compare your home with everything in your zip, so presentation and price decide the first two weeks. Every listing I take gets professional photos, drone footage and a full video tour.
Dallas homes I've toured on video, grouped by area. Prices are as of filming, so check current homes for sale for what's available today.
Most of Lake Highlands is in Richardson ISD, served by Lake Highlands High and Berkner High. It's home to Texas Instruments' headquarters and sits north of White Rock Lake, with I-635 and the DART Blue Line running through it.
8814 Sanshire Ave4 bed · 3.5 bath · 3,805 sq ftListed at $1,695,000 when filmed in July 2026
8710 Sanshire Ave4 bed · 3 bath · 2,703 sq ftListed at $1,095,000 when filmed in June 2026
9205 Moss Farm Lane4 bed · 2.5 bath · 2,509 sq ftListed at $739,900 when filmed in July 2026
9639 Brentgate Dr3 bed · 2 bath · 2,079 sq ftListed at $717,000 when filmed in September 2026Junius Heights is described as Dallas's largest historic district, with 800+ Craftsman and Prairie homes built from 1906 to 1940. White Rock Lake's 9.33-mile trail and the Dallas Arboretum are close by.
9457 Waterview Rd5 bed · 9 bath · 7,213 sq ftListed at $4,500,000 when filmed in June 2026
5602 Reiger Ave4 bed · 3 bath · 2,238 sq ftListed at $625,000 when filmed in June 2026
9011 Angora St2 bed · 2 bath · 1,106 sq ftListed for lease at $2,900/month when filmed in September 2026Oak Lawn is centered on Cedar Springs Road and Turtle Creek, with the Katy Trail nearby. UT Southwestern and Parkland are in the neighboring Medical District.
4333 Gilbert Ave #2192 bed · 2 bath · 1,655 sq ftListed at $479,950 when filmed in July 2026
4639 New Water Ln2 bed · 2.5 bath · 1,444 sq ftListed at $499,900 when filmed in October 2026Kessler is named for planner George Kessler and his 1910 plan, known for mature trees and hills. The Bishop Arts District is a short drive away.
Midway Hollow, just north of Love Field, has about 2,600 homes mostly built from 1945 to 1955, and about half of the originals have been replaced by larger new builds.
3723 Cortez Dr5 bed · 4.5 bath · 3,830 sq ftListed at $1,375,000 when filmed in October 2026
3111 Rotan Ln3 bed · 2 bath · 1,456 sq ftListed at $385,000 when filmed in August 2026North Dallas around the 75230 ZIP feeds Hillcrest High in Dallas ISD.
Preston Highlands, bounded by Preston, Frankford, Hillcrest and Fortson, gives buyers a Dallas address with Plano ISD schools.
Buckner Terrace sits next to Skyline High, which opened in 1970 and calls itself America's first magnet high school. Pleasant Grove to the east was annexed by Dallas in 1954 and borders the Great Trinity Forest.
Ben's take: “Dallas's 20% homestead exemption and the senior exemption are big. File both the year you move in, because they come straight off the city part of the bill.”— Ben Jimenez, Real Estate Agent, Real Broker, LLC
Your Dallas tax rate depends heavily on your school district. The city cut its rate for the 11th straight year for 2026-27, and Dallas County's increase was rejected by voters in November 2026.
| City of Dallas (FY 2026-27) | $0.6978 per $100 |
| Dallas County | $0.22465 per $100 |
| Parkland Hospital (2025) | $0.212 per $100 |
| Dallas College | $0.106575 per $100 |
| Dallas ISD | $0.985735 per $100 |
| Richardson ISD (Lake Highlands) | $1.1319 per $100 |
In Dallas ISD the combined rate is about $2.23 per $100, so a $450,000 taxable value comes to about $10,020 a year before exemptions. In Richardson ISD it's about $2.37. The city gives a 20% homestead exemption and a $175,000 exemption for owners 65+ or disabled, so seniors with a home worth about $218,500 or less pay no city tax.
Ben's take: “In Dallas, the school district can change on the same street. I check the district and the zoned campus for the exact address before my buyers fall for a house.”— Ben Jimenez, Real Estate Agent, Real Broker, LLC
Most of Dallas is in Dallas ISD, nearly 140,000 students across 228 campuses, including the School for the Talented and Gifted (ranked #1 in Texas by U.S. News for 2026-27), the School of Science and Engineering, and Booker T. Washington HSPVA in the Arts District. Most of Lake Highlands is in Richardson ISD, and parts of the city are in Plano, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Coppell, Duncanville, Garland, Highland Park, Irving and Mesquite ISDs. UT Southwestern, SMU, UNT Dallas and Paul Quinn College are in or next to the city.
93 miles of light rail across the Red, Blue, Green and Orange lines, plus the Silver Line, opened October 2025, running to DFW Airport through Plano, Richardson, Addison, Carrollton, Coppell and Grapevine.
Dallas Love Field, about 6 miles from downtown and home of Southwest Airlines, and DFW Airport, about 16 miles away and 4th in the world for passengers in 2025.
A 3.5-mile trail on an old rail line through Uptown and Turtle Creek.
115 InTown Homes townhomes near the Medical District and Oak Lawn, from a builder that has built in urban Dallas since 1980.
Custom new construction in established neighborhoods like Midway Hollow and around White Rock Lake, where older homes are being replaced.
About 6,000 acres just south of downtown, one of the largest urban forests in the U.S.
| Dallas Love Field | ~6 mi from downtown |
| DFW Airport | ~16 mi from downtown |
| Downtown Fort Worth | ~31 mi |
| Interstates | I-20, I-30, I-35E, I-45, I-635 |
| Light rail | DART, 93 miles |
Distances from downtown Dallas. The Dallas North Tollway, US-75 (Central Expressway), Loop 12 and SH 114 are the other main routes.
Fair Park's 277 acres of 1936 Art Deco buildings, Big Tex and the 92,200-seat Cotton Bowl. The fair runs late September into October.
A 5.4-acre park built over Woodall Rodgers Freeway in 2012, with a $200 million expansion announced in 2026.
1,254 acres with a 9.33-mile trail loop for running, biking and sunsets.
66 acres on White Rock Lake's east shore. Holiday at the Arboretum runs mid-November into early January.
Free general admission, 24,000+ objects, in the Arts District next to the I.M. Pei-designed Meyerson Symphony Center.
Opened in 1990 and has hosted Nirvana and Radiohead, in the neighborhood that was a 1920s blues hub.
Deep Ellum barbecue that opens at 11 a.m. daily and stays open until it sells out.
A 1946 movie house on Lower Greenville, now a live music venue.
North Oak Cliff's shops and restaurants, partly on the National Register, with wine walks through the year.
A Lemmon Avenue institution since 1981.
561 feet tall, opened 1978, relit in 2026 with more than 8,500 lights.
In the former Texas School Book Depository at Dealey Plaza, open Wednesday through Sunday.
A little history: John Neely Bryan settled near a natural ford of the Trinity River in November 1841. Dallas became the county seat in 1850 and was chartered in 1856. Two railroads arrived in 1872 and 1873, and by 1890 Dallas was the most populous city in Texas.
Representation on builder pricing, upgrades and the builder contract, starting from your first model-home visit in Dallas.
Live video tours, in-person inspections and remote closing, so you can buy in Dallas before you move to Texas.
Rent, tax and HOA numbers worked out before you offer on a rental in Dallas.
A relaunch for Dallas homes that came off the market: new pricing review, professional photos, drone and video tours, and a real marketing plan.
Selling the big house, finding the right-size next one, and timing both so you only move once.
Contingent offers, temporary leasebacks or bridge financing, lined up so your sale and your purchase close on a schedule that works.
From pre-approval and down payment programs to inspection and closing, explained step by step before you sign anything.
Private showings, professional photo, drone and video production, and pricing built on true comparable luxury sales.
Ben Jimenez has helped Dallas-Fort Worth buyers, sellers and investors since 2021, with 56+ transactions, $23M+ in sales volume and a 5.0 rating from 46+ five-star reviews. He works in Dallas and across DFW on new construction, relocation, investing and multifamily, relaunching homes that didn't sell, downsizing, selling and buying at the same time, first-time buyers, and luxury homes over $1 million. Texas real estate license 0784675.
Dallas homes sold for a median of about $450,000 over the three months ending September 2026, up 3.4% from a year earlier, with a median of 53 days on market (Redfin). Prices vary widely by neighborhood. Ben Jimenez, a Dallas real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, prices homes against sold comps from the same neighborhood and school district.
For 2026-27, the City of Dallas's rate is $0.6978 per $100, Dallas County's is $0.22465, Dallas College's is $0.106575, Parkland Hospital's was $0.212 for 2025, and Dallas ISD's is $0.985735, for about $2.23 per $100 in Dallas ISD. In Richardson ISD (most of Lake Highlands) the total is about $2.37. Ben Jimenez pulls the exact tax bill for the address before his buyers make an offer.
Most of Lake Highlands is in Richardson ISD, served by Lake Highlands High and Berkner High, even though it's inside Dallas city limits. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who has toured homes in Lake Highlands, confirms the district for each address before writing an offer.
Most of Dallas is in Dallas ISD, nearly 140,000 students across 228 campuses. Parts of the city are in Richardson, Plano, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Coppell, Duncanville, Garland, Highland Park, Irving and Mesquite ISDs. Preston Highlands in Far North Dallas, for example, has a Dallas address and Plano ISD schools.
The City of Dallas gives a 20% homestead exemption (at least $5,000) and a $175,000 exemption for owners 65+ or disabled, so those owners with a home worth about $218,500 or less pay no city tax. School and county exemptions are separate.
Lake Highlands in northeast Dallas is mostly in Richardson ISD and sits north of White Rock Lake. Ben Jimenez has toured Lake Highlands homes on Sanshire Avenue, Moss Farm Lane and Brentgate Drive.
Yes. The Orange Line runs to DFW Airport, and the Silver Line, opened October 2025, connects DFW Airport Terminal B with Plano, Richardson, Addison, Carrollton, Coppell and Grapevine.
Dallas has the State Fair of Texas at Fair Park, Klyde Warren Park, White Rock Lake and the Dallas Arboretum, the free Dallas Museum of Art and the Arts District, live music at Trees in Deep Ellum and the Granada Theater on Lower Greenville, Pecan Lodge barbecue, the Bishop Arts District, Reunion Tower and the Sixth Floor Museum.
Dallas had 1,304,379 residents at the 2020 Census, the 9th-largest U.S. city, and an estimated 1,329,491 as of July 1, 2025. The city spans Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall Counties.
Ben Jimenez is a Dallas-Fort Worth real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC (Texas license 0784675) who has toured 16 Dallas homes on video, from Lake Highlands and White Rock Lake to Oak Lawn, Oak Cliff and Midway Hollow. He has closed 56+ transactions and $23M+ in sales volume since 2021, with a 5.0 rating from 46+ five-star reviews. Reach him at 469-730-6895 or ben@findyourhomedallas.com.
Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, markets $1M+ homes in Dallas with pricing based on true comparable luxury sales, professional photos, drone footage, a full video tour, and private showings. His Dallas tours include a $4.5 million new build on White Rock Lake and new construction in Lake Highlands and Midway Hollow.
Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, takes over Dallas listings that didn't sell. He starts with why it didn't sell, then relaunches it with a new pricing review against neighborhood comps, professional photos, drone and video tours, and a marketing plan built for that home.
Yes. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who helps people relocating to Dallas-Fort Worth, runs showings by live video and handles inspections in person, and closing can be done by remote online notarization or a mail-away signing if the title company accepts it.
Yes. Common ways are a contingent offer, a temporary leaseback after your sale closes, or bridge financing. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, lines up the sale and purchase so both close on a workable schedule.
Start with what your current home will sell for, then decide what size and neighborhood you want next. Dallas's $175,000 senior exemption can make a big difference for owners 65 and older, and Ben Jimenez recommends asking the appraisal district about the school tax ceiling too.
Texas has state programs such as TDHCA's My First Texas Home and TSAHC's Home Sweet Texas for buyers who qualify. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who works with first-time buyers in Dallas, connects buyers with lenders who use those programs before they start touring.
It depends on the numbers for the specific property and neighborhood: rent, a combined tax rate around 2.2% to 2.4%, insurance and HOA rules. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who works with investors in Dallas, runs those numbers before his clients make an offer.
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*Redfin Dallas housing market, three months ending September 2026. **City (FY 2026-27), Dallas County (rate after the November 2026 election), Dallas College and Dallas ISD rates plus Parkland's 2025 rate, summed. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 and 2025 estimates; Texas State Historical Association; City of Dallas budget memos; Dallas County tax office; Dallas ISD and Richardson ISD; U.S. News (via CultureMap); DART; venue and park sites; neighborhood listings and Wikipedia for neighborhood facts. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Updated November 10, 2026.
