Dallas Real Estate News

The Ski Report: How is Louis Bacon Reshaping Taos, the "Unresort" Ski Resort?

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2014 /

Our trusted Dallas Addison, lawyer and vacation/recreation home consultant extraordinaire, returned recently from a ski trip to Taos, New Mexico, where the once family-owned resort has been sold to conservation billionaire Louis Bacon. Bacon, the 55 year old founder and Chief Executive Officer of Moore Capital, is estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.4 billion. Late…

The Ski Report: How is Louis Bacon Reshaping Taos, the “Unresort” Ski Resort?

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2014 /

Our trusted Dallas Addison, lawyer and vacation/recreation home consultant extraordinaire, returned recently from a ski trip to Taos, New Mexico, where the once family-owned resort has been sold to conservation billionaire Louis Bacon. Bacon, the 55 year old founder and Chief Executive Officer of Moore Capital, is estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.4 billion. Late…

Texas is Off to a Rollicking Start in 2014, With Home Prices Hitting New Highs

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

CoreLogic’s newest HPI report released today showed that Texas real estate professionals have good reason to blame their busy days on the hot market. Home prices in Texas are at new highs (yes, higher than pre-bubble manic market highs!), with January 2014 up 10.1 percent over a year ago, and home prices up 1.2 percent…

Tuesday Two Hundred: In North Oak Cliff, Great Values Can be Found in Sunset Hill

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

In a lot of the more gentrified neighborhoods throughout North Oak Cliff, finding a deal is getting harder and harder. Many of the homes in decent shape throughout Winnetka Heights, Kings Highway, Kessler Plaza, and Ravinia Heights have been bought up and fixed up, and sometimes even flipped by folks with the know-how to do…

More on Milennials: Diversity, Walkability, Smaller Homes… Not Necessarily Urban

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2014 /

I have christened Milennials the Concierge Generation. These kids aren’t so bad after all! Turns out, they actual buy homes, even though some of us may have thought they’d live in dorms forever.  According to Real Estate Coach Travis Robertson, millennials bought up about one-third of residential real estate in 2013. This is very much…