Jon Anderson
An award-winning columnist, Jon has earned silver and bronze awards for his columns from the National Association of Real Estate Editors in both 2016, 2017 and 2018. When he isn't in Hawaii, Jon enjoys life in the sky in Dallas.
Park Towers is one of Dallas’ original high-rises built in 1964 and located at Fairmount and the Katy Trail. It’s been no secret that I like their floor plans but hate the exterior of mismatched enclosed balcony “sheds” (that have finally been painted a uniform color). When I was looking to buy in 2012, I…
Each year the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) evaluates significant new single-family residential builds across the UK. They come up with a short-list that’s whittled down to a handful of finalists before naming their House of the Year. For UK architects, it’s the Academy Awards of architecture.
Note to attorneys who will doubtless read this post: All opinions expressed in this column are based on a personal, non-legal and untrained interpretation of the lawsuit filed with the Dallas County Clerk (full text at end of post). My legal experience extends to binge-watching LA Law and The Good Wife. I’ll admit my only…
When the Chinese economy was stronger, wealthy residents sought investments outside China. With the Chinese economy and stock markets faltering of late, you might expect international investment to be slowing. It’s not. In fact, the Chinese are even more galvanized to move money outside China and into what are viewed as more stable economies before…
Surf over to SecondShelters.com for our month-long editorial luau focusing on the Hawai’ian island of Oahu. I’m on the ground and writing up a storm on the second home potential of the 50th state. We started our coverage exploring the cross-pollination between Berkshire Hathaway Hawai’i and Dallas’ Allie Beth Allman (recently acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Home Services).…
