Dallas Real Estate News

Fed Moves and Grooves: What Does This Mean for Mortgage Rates????

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2013 /

Mortgage rates are rising, the Fed is going to ease out of bond purchases and choke back on the reins. What does this mean for our real estate market, specifically, home mortgage rates? I grabbed Guardian’s Marcus McCue fresh out of a meeting with the Mortgage Bankers Association. In fact, he wrote his response while in…

North Dallas Hoarders: With 46 Animals Trapped in a Feces-Filled Home, How Could Neighbors Not Notice?

By Joanna England / June 20, 2013 /

Stories like this give my gag reflex a workout. We at CandysDirt.com are big fans of animals, so when we hear about this kind of thing our hearts just break.

Word comes from crackerjack reporter Eric Nicholson that Dallas Animal Services have seized 46 dogs and cats from a feces-filled North Dallas home. The animals were in various states of distress. Sounds like a classic case of animal hoarding to me.

Residential or Retail? What Will The Rise of The Cottage Industry Mean For Neighborhoods?

By Joanna England / June 20, 2013 /

Let me tell you, folks, working from home is awesome. Sometimes I don’t change out of my pajamas until I have to leave the house, which can often be sometime in the afternoon, guys. I thank my lucky stars for this career option, which has made being a mother so much easier. But while I…

Bloomberg Pays Dallas The Ultimate Compliment, Says Our Fair City's Real Estate Market is "Best Performing"

By Joanna England / June 20, 2013 /

Holy crown moulding, Batman! Can you believe this? Bloomberg News just published a story saying that of the top 20 housing markets in the good ‘ol US of A, Dallas performs better than every single one of them! Since the loud pop of the national housing bubble bursting, Dallas has recovered and gone on to…

Bloomberg Pays Dallas The Ultimate Compliment, Says Our Fair City’s Real Estate Market is “Best Performing”

By Joanna England / June 20, 2013 /

Holy crown moulding, Batman! Can you believe this? Bloomberg News just published a story saying that of the top 20 housing markets in the good ‘ol US of A, Dallas performs better than every single one of them! Since the loud pop of the national housing bubble bursting, Dallas has recovered and gone on to…