Dallas Real Estate News

Mirror Mirror on the Wall: How To Snag the Very Best Mortgage Rate of Them All

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2012 /

Sponsored guest post by Jeanne Smith, Guardian Mortgage Company We all know interest rates are at record lows, we are beaten with this news every time we turn on the news. I mean, great rates are just a click away, right? Wrong! If you are basing your idea of the “best” mortgage rate on the rates…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Lochwood Mid-Century Modern Feels Like a Treehouse

By Joanna England / May 8, 2012 /

I am in love. Again.

I fell hard for the little Mid-Century Modern on St. Francis that was snapped up just four days after you saw it here on Candy’s Dirt. It was such a deal, and obviously I wasn’t the only person who felt that way.

So, knowing that someone is going to find this little ditty in Lochwood marketed by Ebby’s Brandon Stewart with three bedrooms, two baths, and 1,686 square feet of awesome, I’m not going to get my hopes up. The romance between me and the clerestory windows, treed lot, and views of a placid creek is doomed from the start.

Judge Rules Pilar Sanders Must Stay 500 Yards Away from Prosper Home: Let’s Go House Hunting for Pilar

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2012 /

Smart judge: 5000 yards may have been even better, but 500 yards is about a quarter of a mile. Really, I am truly sorry the Sanders are having such a tough time dissolving their marriage. Brings me back to my own parents’ divorce, and very painful memories. I feel for the Sanders children. So let’s…

Dallas Realtor News: Kucharski Group Joins David Griffin & Company, Virginia Cook’s Luxury Boutique

By Candy Evans / May 7, 2012 /

David’s dream team is growing like hotcakes! Handsome Robert Kucharski, buyer’s agent Paul Kirkpatrick and their assistant Kim Dunbar (a guy) joined forces with David Griffin & Company last week, moving over from Prudential. Robert’s work in Dallas is legendary, particularly in East Dallas and Oak Cliff, where he once listed the Mary Ellen Bentsen…

U.S. Census Bureau Update: Dallas is Pretty Dense at 1,112 People psm — No Wonder Our Market is Hot!

By Candy Evans / May 7, 2012 /

This is kind of surprising to those of us who think of Dallas as one great big urban sprawl, everyone living on half acre lots or on ranches. We are actually pretty dense and getting more dense. A U.S. Census Bureau report on urban population density shows that the D/FW area’s density of 1,112 people per…