New Homes in North Dallas & Suburbs

09/09/2026

Part 2 of 4 — Allen New Builds.

Four homes, one neighborhood, $979,000 to $1,299,000. Last week I walked you through the first one. This is the biggest of the group.

205 Hunters Glen Way — Shaddock Homes in Custer Ridge Estates, off McDermott and Custer. Allen ISD, about 15 minutes from Legacy West. $1,299,000. East facing. 4,645 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 3-car tandem garage.

What stood out:

• A two-story family room with a fireplace and a full wall of windows

• A raised study just off the entry — a real room for working from home, not a converted bedroom

• Two dining spaces, one casual and one formal

• Primary suite on the first floor with a freestanding tub, oversized shower, and two separate closets

• A junior primary suite, also downstairs, with its own bath — good for parents, in-laws, or a college kid home for the summer

• A game room and a separate media room upstairs, so nobody's fighting over the TV

• The community backs to woods with a trail connection to the creek and the city park

And it's already finished. You could be living in it next month rather than waiting a year to build.

One thing worth knowing: the builder is running a rate buydown plus closing cost help on move-in-ready homes right now. On a home at this price, that changes the monthly payment more than negotiating the price would.

Three more homes in this same neighborhood are coming in this series, starting at $979,000.

Want to see it? Message me and I'll meet you there and walk it with you.

Jay Singh — REALTOR® & Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty Allen
972-408-5021 · YourDFWRealEstateGuy.com

Send a message to learn more

09/08/2026

Expired came in at 2,904. It didn't drop.

So here's the honest answer: I was right that it wasn't a seller exodus. I was early in saying it would fall. September 1 is still inside this reporting window, which means part of that number is the same calendar batch. Next Tuesday is the clean test, and I'll show you either way.

Here's what actually moved:

Price increases — sellers RAISING their price instead of cutting — jumped from 662 to 987 in one week. Up 49%. Now, 8,802 sellers still cut their price, so don't get carried away. But the ratio went from 14 cuts for every increase down to 9. That's the first time that gap has narrowed all summer.

And the one I've been tracking for three weeks: active option contracts. Those are accepted offers sitting in inspection right now. 1,459. Then 1,390. Now 1,281. Three straight weeks down, and each week falls faster than the last. Two weeks ago I said September looked thinner than August. That's not a guess anymore.

One number to ignore completely: closings dropped 21%. That's Labor Day. Fewer business days at the title company. Not fewer buyers.

Buyers — homes coming back on the market jumped 16%. Those are deals falling apart after inspection. The house you lost last month may be sitting there right now. Go look.

Sellers — nine cut for every one who raised. You don't get to be the one who raises unless you priced it right in week one.

Real MLS numbers every Tuesday. 📊

Selling in the next 90 days? Text PRICE to 972-408-5021 for a street-level analysis of your home.
Buying? Text BUY for this week's reduced listings.

09/05/2026

Eight bathrooms. Five bedrooms. And upstairs, nobody shares one.

I got to film 5711 Edmonton in Frisco this week — $2,490,000, Frisco ISD, about ten minutes from Legacy West and right by The Star and PGA Frisco. 5,655 square feet on an oversized lot that backs to green space, built in 2020.

A few things that stood out to me:

• A media room on the first floor with two levels of seating, so the back row actually sees the screen

• A game room with a wet bar upstairs, separate from the media room downstairs

• Three bedrooms upstairs, each with its own bathroom and custom closet

• A wine room off the formal dining — a real room, not a wine fridge built into the island

• Wolf range, Sub-Zero refrigerator, cabinets to the ceiling

• Heated pool and spa, a covered patio with a fireplace, and a separate pergola with an outdoor kitchen

It’s also available fully furnished, which is rare at any price.

To be clear, this is not my listing. It belongs to Jodi Streff and Jeff Cheney at Monument Realty, and I appreciate them letting me shoot it.

There’s an open house this Sunday from 12 to 2.

If you’d like to walk through it, message me and I’ll meet you there.

Jay Singh — REALTOR® & Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty Allen
972-408-5021 · YourDFWRealEstateGuy

Send a message to learn more

09/04/2026

Yesterday I walked a $931K new build in Allen. Today I walked one in Wylie starting in the low $500s. Same builder-quality new construction, very different price — and I want to show you the trade honestly.

You’re east instead of north. About 30 minutes to downtown Dallas. What you get back is roughly $400,000.

What you also get: 80-foot lots (go compare that to what’s being built up north right now), up to a 4-car garage, and an extra suite option with its own full bath.

Here’s the part I really want you to hear. A lot of the newest communities north of Dallas have MUD or PID taxes — extra district taxes tacked onto your property tax bill. They can run hundreds of dollars a month, for decades, and they are not on the listing. This community doesn’t have them.

Ask that question at every single community you tour. It changes what you can afford.

Jay Singh Team
Keller Willams Realty Allen YourDFWRealEstateGuy.Com
972-408-5021 | YourDFWRealEstateGuy

09/02/2026

Walked a brand new model in Allen today and it’s better than I expected.

5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 4,471 square feet. A bedroom with its own full bath on BOTH floors — which matters a lot if you’ve got parents staying with you or a college kid coming home. Two media rooms. Game room that looks down over the main living area.

Here’s the part I’d want you to hear: everybody is chasing new construction further and further north, then spending years waiting on the schools, the grocery store, the restaurants. Allen already has all of that. 15 minutes to Legacy West. Allen ISD.

Plans here start around $931K.

And if you’re even thinking about a new build — call me before you walk into the builder’s office. What you see in a model home is not what comes standard, and having someone on your side costs you nothing.

Jay Singh Team
Keller Willams Realty Allen YourDFWRealEstateGuy.Com
972-408-5021 | YourDFWRealEstateGuy.com

09/02/2026

Saw this on CNBC and it’s worth 2 minutes.

The CEO of Coldwell Banker Realty explains why AI tools tend to overprice homes: they’re built to tell you what you want to hear.

That’s the whole job of a good agent — telling you the truth about your number before the market tells you the expensive way.

If you’re thinking about selling in DFw area, I’ll run your real numbers. No pressure, no pitch. Let’s Connect.

Jay Singh Team
Keller Willams Realty Allen
YourDFWRealEstateGuy.Com

09/01/2026

Two DFW numbers exploded last week, and you’re going to see both of them misread all over the internet.

Closings jumped 11.1% to 4,790 — the strongest week I’ve tracked in this series. Expired listings went from 631 the week before to 2,885, up more than four and a half times.

Neither one is a market event. August 31 fell inside this reporting window, and that distorts both.

Closings stack at month-end. Title companies and lenders schedule them into the final days of every month, which is exactly why the number looked like a collapse back on August 11 when the comparison ran the other way. Same calendar, opposite direction.

Expired listings work the same way. Listing agreements are almost always written to end on the last day of the month, so they expire together in a batch. That happens every month. Nothing happened to DFW sellers last week.

The full week ending September 1:

• New Listings: 7,014 (down 26, essentially flat)
• Back on Market: 886 (up 2.3%)
• Price Reductions: 9,022 (down 5.1%)
• Active Option: 1,390 (down 4.7%)
• Pending: 3,962 (down 2.4%)
• Closed: 4,790 (up 11.1%)

One thing I’m deliberately not giving you this week: the quit rate. I’ve been tracking how many listings leave the market without selling against how many close. With 2,885 expirations in the numerator, that figure comes out meaningless. I’d rather skip a stat than publish a distorted one.

So what actually moved?

Active option contracts fell 4.7% to 1,390 — a second consecutive weekly decline. Those are accepted offers currently sitting in inspection. It’s the front of the pipeline.

Closings are backward-looking. A home that closed last week went under contract 30 to 45 days ago, which means this week’s headline number is really July’s news. Active option is the opposite end — it’s what closes next month.

My take: ignore both headline numbers. The real signal is quiet, and it’s pointing the same direction it pointed last week. Fewer deals are entering the pipeline than leaving it.

For buyers: a thinning pipeline works in your favor. Fewer competing offers in September, not more. Keep targeting homes past 30 days with a price cut.

For sellers: don’t let anyone show you this week’s closing number and call it a recovery. Those deals were signed in July. Price to what’s under contract right now.

Thinking about selling in the next 90 days?

COMMENT PRICE to 972-408-5021 and I’ll run a street-level analysis on your specific home — the last 30 days of comparable sales in your neighborhood, what’s actually competing with you, and the number I’d list you at.

Buying? COMMENT BUY and I’ll send you this week’s reduced listings in your price range and target cities.

Jay Singh, REALTOR® & Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty Allen
972-408-5021 | YourDFWRealEstateGuy.com

08/25/2026

DFW sellers pulled back on everything last week — and buyers kept right on closing.

Fewer homes hit the market (7,040, down 4.4%). Fewer sellers cut their price (9,511, down 8.4%). And yet closings rose 3.5% to 4,312 — the strongest week this month and the second straight weekly gain.

The full week ending August 25:

• New Listings: 7,040 (down 4.4%)

• Back on Market: 866 (up 3.1%)

• Price Reductions: 9,511 (down 8.4%)

• Active Option: 1,459 (down 3.2%)

• Pending: 4,061 (up 0.5%)

• Closed: 4,312 (up 3.5%)

Two things I want you to understand about this week.

First, some genuine good news for sellers. The quit rate improved. Last week 2,166 DFW listings were canceled, 631 expired and 439 were withdrawn — 3,236 homes that left the market without selling, against 4,312 that closed. That works out to about seven and a half sellers giving up for every ten sales, down from eight and a half the week before. Absorption improved too: nearly six of every ten new listings found a buyer, up from five and a half.

Second, the number almost nobody reads. Active option contracts fell 3.2% to 1,459. Those are accepted offers sitting in inspection right now — the front of the pipeline.

Closings are backward-looking. A home that closed last week went under contract 30 to 45 days ago, which means the strong closing week you’re reading about is really July’s news. Active option is the opposite end: it’s what closes next month. So the week behind us was strong, and the pipeline feeding September is thinner.

My take: this is a buyer’s market and it is not tightening. Sellers stepped back, buyers kept closing, and what’s under contract right now is a smaller number than what just delivered.

For buyers: fewer new listings cost you nothing. If anything, September should give you more room, not less.

For sellers: don’t read a strong closing week as a recovery. Those deals were signed in July. Price to what’s under contract now, not to the headline.

Thinking about selling in the next 90 days? Comment PRICE and I’ll run a street-level analysis on your specific home — the last 30 days of comparable sales in your neighborhood, what’s actually competing with you, and the number I’d list you at.

Buying? Comment BUY and I’ll send you this week’s reduced listings in your price range and target cities.

Or just simply reach out 972-408-5021

Jay Singh Team
Keller Williams Realty Allen
972-408-5021 | YourDFWRealEstateGuy.com

08/23/2026

OPEN HOUSE TODAY, 1–3 PM — 9863 Orchid Vine Dr, Frisco

At the last open house, four features came up in almost every conversation: the dedicated pooja room with its own closet, the separate spice kitchen, two laundry rooms, and two home offices. If those are on your list, this is the floor plan you’ve been looking for.

5 bedrooms, 5 full + 2 half baths, 5,507 sq ft. Highland Homes, never occupied, Frisco ISD. $2,175,000.

Come by today between 1 and 3.

Comment INFO and I’ll send details, or call me at 972-408-5021.

08/21/2026

“Can I actually build a custom home in DFW, or is that only for people spending three million dollars?”

I get this question constantly, so I went and filmed the answer.

This is a model home in Dean Farms out in Lucas — Plano ISD, roughly 25 minutes from Legacy West, sitting on a full acre. 5,309 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 3-car garage. Custom builds in this community start around $1.1 million.

A few things you don’t see often at this price:

• A private front courtyard with a completely separate guest or nanny suite — its own entrance and its own full bathroom. Real multigenerational living, not a converted bonus room.

• Three bedrooms on the ground floor.

• A prep kitchen tucked behind the main kitchen, with a second cooktop, vented hood, its own sink and pantry — and a window, which almost none of them have.

• A wet bar that opens directly into the media room downstairs.

Important: this is the model home, so it is not for sale. But Partners in Building is a custom builder. They’ll build on your lot, or on one of the 27 one-to-two acre homesites in this community. So everything you see here is available to you — you just get to change whatever you want.

If you’re thinking about building instead of buying, message me or call and I’ll walk you through what it really costs and how long it takes. No pressure, no pitch.

Jay Singh — REALTOR® & Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty Allen
972-408-5021
YourDFWRealEstateGuy.com