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Cooling Down Dallas: How Cool Roofs and More Trees Could Bring Relief to Hottest Blocks

By Mimi Perez / September 24, 2025 /

There are a lot of hot neighborhoods in Dallas, but we don’t mean the kind booming with growth. A recent study found parts of Dallas with fewer trees and more pavement are 12 to 14 degrees hotter than surrounding areas. The culprits? Roads, roofs, and parking lots. These impervious surfaces can trap 95% of the…

Gravitas National Title Makes Every Closing a Celebration

By Elaine Raffel / September 24, 2025 /

Spend an hour with Kerry Maguire and Leslie Hoy — President and Business Development Director of Gravitas National Title, respectively —and you’ll see just how different the right team can be.

Compass and Anywhere to Merge to Become Nation’s Largest Brokerage

By Shelby Skrhak / September 23, 2025 /

Two of the biggest names in residential real estate are about to become one. Compass, the tech-forward brokerage founded in 2012, announced it will merge with Anywhere Real Estate — parent company of Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s International Realty, Corcoran, Century 21, and other household brokerage brands — in an all-stock transaction valued at about $10…

Dorm, Sweet, Dorm: Where Designer Touches Make the Grade

By Joy Donovan / September 23, 2025 /

Back in the day, going to JCPenney with a roommate to get a matching comforter for a dorm room was really something. Yes, there might have been a color scheme — school colors, maybe blue and yellow or pink and white — to class up the place. Anyone feeling particularly edgy could add a poster…

Determined Boomers Could Keep Housing Inventory Scarce for Years

By Charles Grand / September 23, 2025 /

I’m sure everyone here has heard the expression “aging in place,” which refers to the growing number of seniors opting to stay in their current homes. This trend has limited the number of existing homes for sale, and a recent survey suggests the imbalance is going to get worse. Roughly 61% of baby boomers now…