Dallas Real Estate News

LocalDwelling.com Lease of The Week: Brand-Spanking-New Richardson Home Can Help You Start The New Year Off Right

By Joanna England / January 15, 2014 /

  Thinking of making a move but not sure if you’re ready to go steady? Consider renting through LocalDwelling.com, the Dallas-Fort Worth area property management experts who lease some truly beautiful properties, including 1213 Savoy Lane, a brand new home in Richardson. This house is a fantastic family home with three bedrooms, two and a…

Ebby Halliday Companies Top Record $6 Billion in Sales For 2013, Up 25 Percent From 2012

By Joanna England / January 15, 2014 /

You can rely on Ebby Halliday Realtors to bring home the bacon, that’s for sure, as the 68-year-old North Texas real estate powerhouse landed a record $6.4 billion in sales for 2013. As you soak in that huge number, consider that many economic forecasts show at least 9 percent growth in sales for the region in 2014, too.

From Snagging Investment Properties to Calling Bluff on Naughty Realtors, Bill Petrey Believes Clients Deserve More Transparency From Agents

By Whitney Thompson / January 15, 2014 /

Nearly 13 years ago, Bill Petrey moved to Dallas with his wife to hunt for investment properties.

After earning his real estate license, Petrey’s experiences as a Realtor in the Dallas market inspired him to create his own real estate consulting company, Agent Harvest — a performance-based real estate agent rating service that matches clients with top-ranking real estate agents — based right in the heart of Dallas.

Just for kicks, Petrey also developed the Really Rotten Realty blog, which is a whistle-blowing website of sorts that brings awareness to real-life agents across the country engaging in not-so-ethical practices, such as Million Dollar Listing New York’s Luis Ortiz using Photoshop to glam up his virtual listings.

Learn more about Bill Petrey and what ignited his passion for helping home buyers and seller with his exclusive Candy’s Dirt Q&A:

Inwood Home of the Week: If the Tributes on Hunger Games Were to Fight for a Property, This Valley Ridge Mansion Would Be It

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

This 7362 square foot estate is located on one of the most coveted blocks in Dallas. There’s Beverly Drive and Park Lane, Strait Lane and St. Johns, Armstrong Parkway, Alice Circle and Lexington. Those are all wonderful streets. Then there is 4631 Valley Ridge. On Valley Ridge. This home, like  the neighborhood, is dripping with high…

Acre's New High: After 2.5 Years on Market, Park Lane Lot Finds Happy Buyer

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

Get out your pens, folks, here is another market bellwether: 5020 Park Lane. On the market for 2.5 years. Could be because the seller listened to her psychic, not her trusted agent, when it came to pricing and set the price for the 1.12 acre lot at $3,595,000 and launched the listing when Mercury was…