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Things to Do in DFW This Weekend: October 16-18, 2026
Six picks across North Texas, from Oktoberfest Southlake's 25th anniversary to the State Fair's final weekend and two free McKinney events.
Things to Do in DFW This Weekend: October 9-11, 2026
Your weekend, planned. Six picks across North Texas, from a McKinney car festival to a Grand Prairie food festival with 40-plus chefs.
Celina Annexation Adds 578 Acres With No Build Timeline
Celina annexed 578 acres and zoned 528 of them as PD No. 166. The city confirmed no build deadline exists. What the entitlement allows, and why nobody is breaking ground.
Texas Plat Exemption: The 10-Acre Rule
A seller with 100 acres and a five-acre buyer runs into the same wall every time. Acreage is only half the test, and the county may not use the number in the statute.
Texas Land 1031 Exchange: When Working the Dirt Costs You
On 200 acres, that is $3.2 million. Federal capital gains tax and the net investment income tax can take a meaningful share of it at closing. A Texas land 1031 exchange defers that bill.
Zoning Outside City Limits: What Texas Landowners Face
Texas counties cannot zone, and most land buyers stop reading there. That is the mistake. HB 24 rewrote the protest rules in September 2025, corridor overlays can no longer be protested at all, and the ETJ exit is still moving through federal court. Here is what zoning outside city limits actually means for a tract in a growth corridor.