Charles Grand

New Short-Term Lending Platform for Home Flippers Has National Designs

By Charles Grand / August 18, 2025 /

A Dallas-based short-term lending platform with serious money behind it is looking to scale up and become the go-to source of reliable financing for home flippers. Crebrid (think credit and bridge, as in bridge loan) has gone all-in on leveraging AI to put itself at the forefront of fintech. The company previously operated out of…

Hampton-Clarendon Rezoning Passes Ahead of New State Law

By Charles Grand / August 17, 2025 /

Another controversial rezoning request was approved by the Dallas City Council this week, marking another instance in which the drive to redevelop trumped neighborhood concerns at the horseshoe. However, officials mitigated the ordinance with additional stipulations, a move that will soon be outside their scope of power in a lot of cases when Senate Bill…

City Hall Roundup: White Rock Lake Beef and Police Pay Concerns

By Charles Grand / August 17, 2025 /

Everyone at Dallas City Hall is back at work and not a moment too soon, as budget season heats up and city leaders look to craft a tax and spending plan for the coming fiscal year. That’s not to say that there aren’t other newsworthy developments out of City Hall, but let’s face it, the…

Many Zoomers Don’t See a Path to Homeownership

By Charles Grand / August 15, 2025 /

Generation Z is increasingly seeing homeownership, one of the long-time pillars of the American Dream, as just that — a pipe dream. That grim sentiment was captured in a survey conducted by the cash-offer home selling platform Clever Offers. Some 1,000 zoomers between the ages of 18 and 28 were polled earlier this summer, and…

Gillett Commercial’s Shell-Building Strategy Pays Off in Allen

By Charles Grand / August 14, 2025 /

A bold bet on an infill project in Allen has paid off for developer Gillett Commercial, which recently sold three shell structures to buyers who took it upon themselves to design the interiors to fit their distinct operational needs. Citadel Partners finalized the sale of all three builds, which total nearly 72,000 square feet at…