09/17/2026
Everybody’s watching their lawn right now. The thing worth watching is the house.
We had the third longest dry spell on record at DFW. Sixty plus days without measurable rain.
A structural engineer put it to us this way, and it isn’t what most people assume. It isn’t the dryness that moves a foundation. It’s the difference. Our clay expands when it’s wet and shrinks when it’s dry, and when one side of the house holds more moisture than the other, that side moves. Which is also why the rain coming back doesn’t undo it.
So walk your house this weekend. New cracks above a door. A door that suddenly sticks. Cracked tile in one spot. Separation along the driveway. One of those on its own is usually nothing. Two or three on the same side is worth a phone call.
We’re not foundation people. We know the ones who are, and they’ll come look for free.
Comment FOUNDATION and we’ll send you the list. Save this for when you walk the house.
You’ll find out either way. Better now than from a buyer’s inspector in the spring.
Dunn Realty Group
Keller Williams Realty Allen
TREC 696298-SA