Dallas Real Estate News

Thursday Three Hundred: Recently Reduced Lake Highlands Traditional Has Updates You Want at a Bargain Price!

By Joanna England / December 6, 2012 /

There are tons of updated traditionals in Lake Highlands, some of them are 1950s ranches that have seen a mix of hodge-podge renovations over the decades. It’s a hot neighborhood, mostly because it’s inside the Dallas city limits but has Richardson ISD schools. Therefore, buyers are looking for family homes that are move-in ready, won’t…

Another Sign That Our Local Economy is Healthier: Natuzzi Italia Opens at Cantoni Furniture’s New Expansion

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2012 /

Tonight is a very exciting night for the fine folks at Cantoni, that gorgeously gleaming contemporary home furnishings store in Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Irvine and Los Angeles. They are expanding this winter and adding on a Natuzzi Italia store-within-a-store at the flagship retailer in North Dallas up on Alpha Road. That Natuzzi boutique will be…

What’s The Hottest Thing in Dallas Real Estate Right Now? Renting with LOCAL DWELLING!

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2012 /

In case you have not noticed, real estate rentals of single family homes are soaring. Our friends at Zillow just paid $16 million for the real estate rental search site HotPads. Zillow says it is making this hefty acquisition to “expand the size of its growing rental audience and extend the reach of its marketing tools and productivity solutions for rental professionals.” Naturally, rentals rule in large cities like New York, San Francisco and Boston where real estate prices are high, the population is younger, more transient and there are more high density units to choose from.

About Our New Commenting System on CandysDirt: We Heart Facebook

By Candy Evans / December 5, 2012 /

We’ve recently made the change to Facebook comments on our blogs, and we wanted to take a moment to explain why we decided to change the comment format, and how it works. Commenters can now login via Facebook or Twitter — we are working on Google+, LinkedIn, and other social media accounts. When you opt…

Miller Time? Dallas Home Prices Showing Solid Gains in Values, So Says CoreLogic HPI

By Candy Evans / December 4, 2012 /

CoreLogic Inc. says home prices in the Dallas area rose by 4.5 percent in October, up from  a year earlier. Nationwide, some areas saw a 6.3 percent increase when looking back at October 2011. Pulling out those distressed home sales, which CoreLogic does so well and why I like this index better than Case-Shiller, we…