Dallas Real Estate News

Industry Pioneer Beth Johnson Continues the Green Fight

By Joshua Baethge / March 13, 2019 /

Beth Johnson has been championing environmental causes for decades. The Keller Williams agent was the first Realtor in the nation to achieve the green “Quadruple Crown.” She’s been certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), EcoBroker, NAR Green, and Certified Green Professionals. In layman’s terms, that means she’s been trained and certified by…

Compass To Acquire Prominent Bay Area Broker Luxury Portfolio Member Alain Pinel Realtors

By Candy Evans / March 5, 2019 /

Robert Reffkin may have announced a certain “scaling back” of Compass spending and expansion into new markets at Inman New York in January. But when it comes to the primo properties of San Francisco’s Bay Area and the Peninsula, home to Silicon Valley, money is apparently no object. Inman broke the story yesterday that Compass…

Swathy Prithivi to Head DFW Operations for Opendoor

By Joshua Baethge / February 6, 2019 /

  Swathy Prithivi has been tabbed to lead the Dallas-Fort Worth operations for Opendoor.  In 2017, she joined the company and helped lead its Orlando expansion. She was later promoted to general manager there “I joined Opendoor because I really believe in what the company is based on, which is empowering everyone with the freedom…

North Texas Real Estate Outlook 2019 With Britt Fair

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 8, 2019 /

By Britt Fair Guest Columnist “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” No, I’m not trying to give everyone nightmares about high school English class or invoke the French Revolution. Rather, that’s how I would sum up the mixed feelings about DFW’s residential real estate market during the second half…

Mark Cuban Snaps Up a Vacation Home in Primo Laguna for Christmas

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2018 /

Mark Cuban must really be celebrating this year. According to my colleague Neal Leiterg at The LA Times, Cuban just bought a $25.5 Laguna mansion. And tough Shark Tank negotiator he is, Cuban reportedly paid only $19 million for it plus some change. And even more, the mansion is located in a very exclusive Laguna…