Relocation

With White Rock Dog Park Getting a Million-Dollar Makeover, Should We Be Investing More in Southern Dallas Instead?

By Joanna England / January 13, 2014 /

Great story from our favorite Dallas Observer reporter, Eric Nicholson, on the proposed $1 million makeover the White Rock Dog Park is getting.

It’s probably the most popular dog park in all of North Texas, considering that when I’ve taken my Great Pyrenees mix there, I’ve run into folks from Frisco and Murphy. It gets a lot of use, and some days it’s little more than a fenced-in mudhole, so it could definitely use some work. But $1 million worth of work?

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Buying Up The Bling: Texas Luxury Home Sales Post Double-Digit Growth, With Sales of Posh Pads in Dallas up 22 %

By Joanna England / January 7, 2014 /

Homes priced at $1 million or more are moving like hotcakes in Texas, according to the 2014 Texas Luxury Home Sales Report from the Texas Association of Realtors. The figures, assembled using data from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, show that every Texas metro area posted double-digit growth in luxury price ranges.…

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Help This Out-of-Town Bachelor Executive Find a Home in Uptown…

By Candy Evans / December 17, 2013 /

He is Salem Boohaker, the General Manager of the new Belk department store going in at the Galleria. Salem is single, has no children, and I am told he is having a tough time finding a neighborhood to call home in his new home, Dallas. Yes, Belk is that new store going in where Saks and…

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Is Dallas Overvalued? And Why is Fort Worth a Market to Watch? Trulia Breaks Down What to Expect in 2014

By Joanna England / December 16, 2013 /

Trulia’s Chief Economist, Jed Kolko, isn’t necessarily infalliable, but he does have an interesting perspective more often than not. His views on the broader economy are often spot-on, though, which really puzzles me on his recent forecast for 2014 that says increases in home values will slow next year, and that many of the markets…

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Renting in Reno: Dallas Nostalgia Remains, But Love For Reno Shows Gains As Georgia Fisher and Fiance Plan to Stay

By Georgia Fisher / November 20, 2013 /

We think we’ll stay in Reno. We’d never have dreamed as much — not if we could dial back to early 2012, anyway — but that’s the same story everyone has. One of my fiancé’s colleagues has family members who promised, despairingly, that they’d “pray for” him when he relocated here. Naturally, he’s fine now. “People come…

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Friday Five Hundred: Northaven Traditional is Comfortable, Cute, and Completely Charming

By Joanna England / November 8, 2013 /

Let’s talk about Hill Haven Heights, OK? I love this area. It is a fabulous neighborhood bordered by North Central Expressway, Hillcrest, Forest, and Royal, so it’s extremely accessible. It’s also full of great single-family homes and a few great condo communities. It’s not far from the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, or the scads of…

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A Home Gadget You'll Love That Could Save Your Life: Nest's New "Protect" Smoke Alarm Looks a Whole Lot Better Than Traditional Ones

By Joanna England / October 8, 2013 /

More and more buyers are opting for “wired” homes that fully integrate alarms, media, and safety, but it’s not accessible for all price ranges. Until now that is. Today Nest, the creators of their gorgeous interactive programmable thermostat, launched “Protect.” It’s a full-featured smoke detector that not only works with Nest thermostats, but can send…

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Relocating to Dallas? So Are 54,000 Other Households Says National Association of Realtors Report

By Joanna England / October 1, 2013 /

Dallas is a pretty dang popular place to move to, with 54,388 households moving into Big D according to the National Association of Realtors. While Dallas County ranks second behind Houston and ahead of third-place Tarrant County in households relocating to our fair burg, more people are packing it in.

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Beat Scammers At Their Game: Colin Lardner Offers Tips to Fight Rental Fraud

By Joanna England / September 3, 2013 /

As more homes hit the market, more rental scams hit CraigsList and other free classified sites, asking for deposits and fees before a potential tenant has seen a contract, or the property for that matter. Scammers are finding plenty of material on home searching sites that they then hijack for their own purposes, which makes…

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Estate Sale SOS: Contents of Champ D'Or in Huge Estate Sale Today in Hickory Creek Near Denton

By Candy Evans / June 28, 2013 /

This is one you cannot miss. I am trying to re-schedule my Friday just so I can head over to experience the glittering estate sale of Shirley Goldfield, once the mistress of Champ D’Or. Surely you recall that 48,000 Hickory Creek manse that was auctioned off last year? You know how they say it takes…

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