ALEX PERRY
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Allie Beth Allman & Associates

With approximately 300 Californians a day moving to the state of Texas and many others considering investing in the Lone Star State, Alex Perry, the #1 real estate agent in Texas, listing and selling the most, will be providing a monthly column giving insight into Texas real estate from all angles—living, investing and understanding.

■ Best in the U.S.: Four North Texas cities have earned top marks as the best residential real estate markets in the country. Wallethub says in a report that McKinney and Frisco earned the top two spots out of 300 cities surveyed.

■ Leading in Jobs: North Texas is leading the country in office sector jobs, a key indicator in measuring a region’s economic strength. Yardi Systems says in a new report that in the past year, DFW has added 60,000 jobs in various sectors, accounting for nearly 15% of all office jobs in the country.

■ On the Rise: Home prices are continuing to inch up in North Texas. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report says that from May to June, DFW home prices continued their five-month upward streak, rising 0.7%.

■ Technology Move: Sherman, Texas will have mammoth semiconductor chip sites in the near future and Wilmer, Texas will soon have a solar panel manufacturing plant. Trina Solar, a Chinese-based company with U.S. headquarters in California, will build a plant that will encompass more than 1 million square feet in Wilmer, about 45 miles south of Dallas.