The Boldest New Developments in Dallas-Fort Worth
We work two sides of the same market. For developers and builders, we handle sales and marketing from land feasibility through final sellout — including the regulatory ground most brokerages leave to somebody else. For buyers, we work new communities across Dallas-Fort Worth and explain what you are actually signing, because a builder's contract is not a TREC form and a district assessment is not a rounding error.
Residential Strategies, Inc. counted 11,106 annual starts and 9,777 annual closings across Dallas-Fort Worth in the first quarter of 2026. The gap between those two numbers is the part of the business we are built for.
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We are a full-service partner for development projects of all sizes across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. From strategic land acquisition and entitlement support to final lot sales and home marketing, we provide results-oriented, step-by-step guidance in-house.
Leverage our deep local market intelligence, powerful in-house marketing engine, and global The Agency network to refine planning, design, and branding — then produce the content and sales campaigns that reach qualified buyers in Texas and abroad.
Most brokerage development pages are adjectives. This one is a set of deadlines. A development in Texas is governed by a handful of statutes that set hard clocks, prescribe exact disclosure wording, and decide what a builder can and cannot put in front of a buyer. We work those rules every week, so we have written them down. Below is the short version, with a full page behind each one.
House Bill 3167, passed by the 86th Legislature in 2019, rewrote Local Government Code §212.009. A municipal authority now has 30 days to approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove a plat. If it does none of those, the plat is approved by operation of law. Extensions run in 30-day increments and only at the applicant’s written request. And under §212.0091 a disapproval must be in writing and must state each specific reason, naming the ordinance or statute that reason rests on — a disapproval that does not cite its own authority is defective. How long plat approval takes in Texas walks the whole sequence, including the county and ETJ variations.
If a community sits inside a public improvement district, Property Code §5.014 requires a notice in statutorily prescribed wording, signed before the contract binds. If it sits inside a municipal utility district, Water Code §49.452 and §49.4521 govern, and a buyer who does not receive the required notice may terminate the contract and recover costs, interest, and attorney’s fees. These are not formalities — they are the disclosure most often handled loosely and the one with a live termination remedy attached. What a developer must disclose about a MUD or PID sets the two regimes side by side.
Under Local Government Code Chapter 395, a political subdivision may not impose an impact fee without first adopting a capital improvements plan, and the fee has to be tied to that plan. That linkage is what gives a developer standing to ask a city how a number was derived. What impact fees are and how they are set covers the mechanism and what to request from the city.
The TREC promulgated-form requirement lives at 22 TAC §537.11. A 2018 amendment narrowed the operative word from “principal” to “property owner,” and that one-word change is the whole answer: the requirement does not reach a contract form prepared by the property owner, which is what a production builder is. A license holder may fill in the blanks of that form. A license holder may not draft its terms. Whether a builder can use its own contract explains what that means on both sides of the table.
The Texas Residential Construction Commission was abolished in the 2009 Sunset review, effective September 1, 2010, and was never replaced. There is no state homebuilder license in Texas. What stands in its place is municipal permitting and inspection, the trade licenses held by subcontractors, the Residential Construction Liability Act at Property Code Chapter 27, and the warranty and repose framework in Civil Practice and Remedies Code §16.009. Capital partners are frequently surprised by this. Whether Texas licenses homebuilders lays out what to diligence instead.
House Bill 2024, 88th Legislature, effective June 9, 2023, amended the statute of repose at §16.009. Where a builder gives written warranties of one year on workmanship and materials, two years on plumbing, electrical, and HVAC delivery systems, and six years on major structural components, the repose period drops from ten years to six. It applies to detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses of not more than three stories with separate means of egress. The practical consequence: the “1-2-10” the market has talked about for years is now, in many cases, a 1-2-6. We have written that up on the buyer side at how long a new home is covered in Texas, because buyers ask and almost nobody has published a straight answer.
Residential Strategies, Inc. counted 11,106 annual starts and 9,777 annual closings across Dallas-Fort Worth in the first quarter of 2026. The distance between a start and a closing is sales, marketing, absorption pacing, and the release strategy that keeps a phase from stalling — which is the work we do. What a development sales and marketing partnership delivers sets out the phases, what is produced in each, and what the developer supplies.
If the project starts as raw ground, the land side of the diligence matters as much as the sales side. Our Land + Ranch division covers it — subdividing land in Texas, rollback taxes on a change of use, and water rights are the three that move feasibility numbers most often. One worth flagging: HB 3833, 87th Legislature, effective June 15, 2021, removed interest from the §23.55 rollback entirely. For a change of use on or after that date the current law is a three-year lookback with no interest. A surprising number of published pages, including competitors’, still quote the old five years at seven percent.
Written from Texas Local Government Code §212.009, §212.0091, and Chapter 395; Property Code §5.014 and Chapter 27; Water Code §49.452 and §49.4521; Tax Code §23.55; Civil Practice and Remedies Code §16.009 as amended by House Bill 2024, 88th Legislature; and 22 TAC §537.11. Market figures are from Residential Strategies, Inc., first quarter 2026. Verified August 2026 and current as of that date. Statutes change; confirm the current text before you rely on it. This is general information, not legal, tax, or engineering advice.
The Agency Dallas is independently owned and operated by Damon & Megan Williamson. Damon Williamson, Broker-Owner · Licensed Real Estate Agent, State of Texas. Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 75225. Equal Housing Opportunity. Texas Real Estate Commission Information About Brokerage Services and Consumer Protection Notice are available at trec.texas.gov. This is not intended as a solicitation of property currently listed for sale.
The Agency Dallas provides comprehensive sales, marketing, and strategic support covering every aspect of ground-up developments, master-planned communities, residential conversions, and estate projects.
We handle it all in-house — from site selection and feasibility analysis through branding, marketing campaigns, and final sales — so you can focus on building while we focus on selling.
Led by Damon and Megan Williamson, our independently owned DFW office combines Texas roots with the global reach of The Agency. Our specialized divisions in Land + Ranch, New Construction, and High-End Residential work seamlessly together to support your project from raw land to finished community.
Our in-house marketing team produces the work rather than brokering it out. We produce cinematic drone videos, aerial photography, film-quality virtual tours, and high-impact digital campaigns produced for the price point the project is actually selling into, and distributed through The Agency's network.
Craft the compelling story behind your development with our in-house branding expertise. We shape top-to-bottom marketing strategies — including visual identity, messaging, buyer profiles, and media placement — to position the community clearly against what else is selling nearby. From pre-development concepts to launch events, we help turn your vision into a market-leading destination.
Make confident decisions backed by dedicated local research. Our team delivers real-time DFW market data, comparable analysis, pipeline insights, pricing strategies, and unit mix recommendations to maximize value and minimize risk.
Receive expert guidance from the earliest phases of site acquisition through product conceptualization, floor planning, amenity design, and sales gallery setup. We can tell you what is moving at your price point right now, and what is sitting.
From land sourcing and entitlement navigation to phased lot releases, custom home coordination, and final sellout — our integrated team provides end-to-end support tailored to master-planned communities, estates, and strategic development projects.
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