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Joy Rhodes,Realtor - Wise Move Realty

Helping you make the Wise Move in Real Estate! 🏡 Serving North TX with 23 years in buying, selling & investing.

Trusted, local solutions for families, first-time buyers & investors! Let's Make a Wise Move Together!

11/11/2026

RATES JUST FELL THREE WEEKS IN A ROW. THAT'S NOT THE DFW STORY. 📉

Rates easing is real. But if you own a home in DFW and you're weighing a sale, the number I'd watch is what the sellers around you are doing.

🏦 30-year fixed: 7.18% on Nov 5, down from 7.24% the week before (Freddie Mac)
📅 A year ago: 6.22% (Freddie Mac)
🏠 DFW new listings in October: down 6.1% year over year (Realtor.com)
📦 DFW homes for sale: down 1.7%, while the national count rose 7.4% (Realtor.com)
✂️ About 1 in 4 DFW listings cut price in October (Realtor.com)

Fewer sellers means less competition for the ones who do list. It doesn't mean buyers will pay anything. Rates are still nearly a full point above last year, and a quarter of local listings needed a price cut to move. Price it right and fewer competitors work for you. Price it on hope and they won't.

👇
If you're selling, are you thinking this winter or waiting for spring?

Joy Rhodes | Wise Move Realty | 817-659-4226 | License #0622809

11/06/2026

NO WEEKEND PLANS YET? YOUR NEIGHBORS ALREADY MADE SOME FOR YOU. 🍂

Keller has Flannel Fest at Bear Creek Park. Grapevine is lining Main Street to honor our veterans. Southlake’s craft fair is back for its 33rd year. Here’s all of it in one place so you can plan your Saturday and a little of Sunday.

🪵 Flannel Fest | Keller
✨ Keller’s fall family day in the park, with a KidZone for the little ones. Wear the flannel.
📍 Bear Creek Park, 400 Bear Creek Pkwy, Keller
🗓 Sat, Nov 7 | Starts 10 AM
💲 Free

🇺🇸 Veterans Day Parade & Fair | Grapevine
✨ Veterans and local civic groups march down Historic Main Street. Afterward, VFW Post 10454 hosts a fair behind the gazebo.
📍 Main St at W Hudgins St, heading north to E Wall St
🗓 Sat, Nov 7 | 10 AM
💲 Free

🎁 Southlake Carroll Craft Fair | Southlake
✨ Get a head start on holiday shopping with handmade gifts, décor and more from local vendors. It’s a PTO fundraiser for Carroll’s Project Graduation.
📍 Carroll Senior High School, 1501 W Southlake Blvd
🗓 Sat, Nov 7, 9 AM–5 PM | Sun, Nov 8, 10 AM–4 PM
💲 Free admission

🪙 Texas Coin Show | Grapevine
✨ About 70 dealers buying, selling and trading coins, paper currency and collectibles. It’s worth a stop if you have an old collection nobody’s ever looked at.
📍 Grapevine Convention Center, 1209 S Main St
🗓 Fri 2–6 PM | Sat 9 AM–6 PM | Sun 9 AM–3 PM
💲 $2–$5

👑 Miss Grapevine & Miss Colleyville Pageant | Colleyville
✨ Local contestants compete in talent and more for the Miss Grapevine and Miss Colleyville crowns. Hosted by the area’s scholarship organization.
📍 Colleyville Center, 5301 Riverwalk Dr
🗓 Sun, Nov 8 | 3–6 PM (doors 2:30)
💲 $23 general admission (on Eventbrite)

The parade is the one I’d pick if you only make it to one. It’s an hour of saying thank you, and it costs nothing. 👇

Which one are you hitting first?

Joy Rhodes | Wise Move Realty | 817-659-4226 | License #0622809

11/05/2026

IF YOU LIVE IN BRIARWYCK OR ANYWHERE NEAR 114, CIRCLE NOVEMBER 17. 📍

Roanoke City Council tabled the Roanoke Ranch development on October 27, and it comes back for a vote on the 17th. Here's what's actually on the table.

📐 70.1 acres at SH 114 and Briarwyck Parkway
🛍 Town center retail, spaces from 5,000 to 37,200 sq ft
🛣 Seven pad sites along the 114 frontage road
🏗 Two flex office/warehouse buildings, 88,000 and 98,000 sq ft
🚫 Multifamily removed after resident feedback
🌳 Setback from homes pushed from 50 to 65 feet

105 residents sent 142 letters, and the plan changed because of it. That's worth noticing.

If I'm being honest, retail five minutes from home can be a real plus for a neighborhood. The details decide whether it is. Traffic, lighting, signage, and which businesses can open there are still on the table. 👇

What would you want to see built at 114 and Briarwyck?

Joy Rhodes | Wise Move Realty | 817-659-4226 | License #0622809

10/31/2026

THE SCARIEST NUMBER THIS HALLOWEEN ISN'T 7.28%. 🎃

Mortgage rates just crossed 7% for the first time since early 2025, and the headlines are doing their best haunted-house impression. 👻

We've had a lot of homeowners ask us the same thing this month. "Should we just wait this out?"

Fair question. Here's what the numbers actually say:
📈 30-year fixed: 7.28% (Freddie Mac, week of Oct 1)
📅 One year ago: 6.34%
📉 January low: 6.06%
💵 $400K loan, principal and interest: about $2,737/mo today vs. $2,414 in January

That's real money, and we won't pretend it isn't. If you're buying with a small down payment, this rate stings.

But if you've built serious equity in Keller, Haslet, or North Richland Hills, you're probably not borrowing $400K to downsize. You might be borrowing half that. Or nothing at all.

Here's the truth most people won't say. The scarier number is one more year spent heating, cooling, and maintaining a house you've outgrown, waiting on a rate drop nobody can promise. 🏚

🕯 Curious what your move actually looks like with your equity?
💬 Comment "TREAT" below and we'll send you a quick equity snapshot for your home.
OR
📲 DM us directly. We're happy to run your real numbers.

Joy Rhodes | WiseMoveTX.com | 817-659-4226 | License #0622809

10/29/2026

YOU’VE CAT TO BE KITTEN ME... IT’S NATIONAL CAT DAY! 🐱🏡

Happy National Cat Day, North Texas!

Let’s be honest. In most homes, the cat is the one who really owns the place. We just pay the mortgage. 😹

They pick the sunniest window, the softest chair, and somehow the exact spot on the counter you just cleaned. If a home passes the cat inspection, it’s purrfect.

📅 Thursday, October 29
🐾 Cat-approved features: sunny windows, cozy corners & a box to sit in
🏡 Every cat deserves a fur-ever home

So show us who’s really in charge at your house! Drop a pic of your cat in the comments. We want to meet them! 📸👇

OR

💬 Comment “MEOW” and we’ll send you a link to where you can browse every home on the market in your area! (Window seats not guaranteed. Cat judgment definitely is.) 😼

Feline fine about your next move? We can help with that. 💛

Joy Rhodes | Wise Move Realty 817-659-4226 License # 0622809

10/28/2026

🌊 New Listing for lake lovers! This residential lease at 3504 Lakeridge Drive, Grapevine, TX 76051 puts Lake Grapevine and the boat ramp just a quarter mile away. 🚤

With 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2,577 sq ft, a 2-car garage, mature post oaks, and a covered brick porch, this Lake Forest home is ready for your next chapter. 🏡

Offered at $5,350. Schedule a showing with Joy Rhodes at 817-659-4226.

https://wisemovetx.com/d8r5z24n

10/24/2026

BUYING IN NORTH TEXAS? THE RULES CHANGED, AND MOST BUYERS DON’T KNOW IT YET. 🏡

Texas law now requires a signed written agreement with an agent before that agent can show you a single home. That’s just one of the things that catches buyers off guard here.

So I put everything I walk my buyers through into one free guide. 📘

Here’s what’s inside:
💰 What you really need for down payment and closing costs
📋 Credit, income, and which loan actually fits you
🤝 What a buyer’s agent should be doing for you
🔑 The option period and the 5:00 p.m. deadline that protects your earnest money
🏘 The costs to compare beyond price: tax rates, MUDs, PIDs, HOA dues
🛡 How to spot wire fraud before closing day
🏛 The $140,000 homestead exemption and how to file it

No fluff and no sales pitch. Just what I’d tell you across the kitchen table after 23 years in this business.

👇 Comment “BUYER” and I’ll send you the link to the guide.

OR

📲 Already looking? DM me and let’s talk through where you are.

Joy Rhodes | Wise Move Realty | 817-659-4226 | License #0622809

10/22/2026

THE LIST PRICE ISN’T THE NUMBER THAT MATTERS WHEN YOU SELL. 🏡

What matters is what you actually walk away with. That number gets decided by a dozen choices most sellers make without ever seeing the math.

So I put everything I walk my sellers through into one free guide. 📘

Here’s what’s inside:
🧮 How to estimate your net before you ever list
🔁 Sell first, buy first, or both, and what each one costs you
📊 How pricing really works and what overpricing quietly costs
🔍 What to fix before the buyer’s inspector finds it
⚖️ How to compare offers by net, not just price
🛡 How to protect your proceeds at closing
🧾 The $250K/$500K capital gains exclusion and the 65+ school tax ceiling transfer

If you’ve built real equity in your home, this sale is a financial decision as much as a personal one. Treat it like one.

👇 Comment “SELLER” and I’ll send you the link to the guide.

OR

📲 Want to know what your home would actually net today? DM me and we’ll run the numbers together.

Joy Rhodes | Wise Move Realty | 817-659-4226 | License #0622809

10/21/2026

WHY ARE COMMERCIAL INVESTORS WATCHING COLLEYVILLE? 👀

Because there’s almost nowhere left to build, and what’s built is full.

📍 The Colleyville Boulevard corridor, by the numbers:
🏪 96% retail occupancy (city, Oct 2026)
🏗 83K+ SF of new small-bay flex, delivering Q4 2026
👥 91% of local businesses have fewer than 20 employees
🚗 25,400–30,200 vehicles a day near Bransford Rd (TxDOT 2024)

For an owner, that scarcity is protection. The win is finding the property where use, zoning, and price already line up. Swipe for the full read. 👉

💬 Comment “COLLEYVILLE” for more insight.
OR
📲 Send me a message and we’ll talk it through.

Joy Rhodes | WiseMoveTX.com | 817-659-4226 | License #0622809

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76244

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