Dallas Real Estate News

Will Baby Boomers Stay Put in the Suburbs or Flee to Retirement Communities?

By Candy Evans / July 1, 2011 /

This article in the Washington Post says that Baby Boomers are changing the face of suburbia and staying put, rather than retiring to the likes of Florida and Arizona, as their parents did, once they retire. The U.S. Census showed how rapidly America’s suburbs are growing — despite efforts to squeeze us into greener, urban multi-family…

Will His Real Estate Deals Finish Off John Wiley Price and a Blast From the Past

By Candy Evans / June 30, 2011 /

My head is still swimming after reading Jim Schutze’s column describing the Dallas Real Estate dealings of John Wiley Price, whose homes, offices, PA, just about everything including his plumbing were raided on Monday by the F.B.I. While we await word on what the Feds have on him, Schutze pulled some property land records that…

Did Real Estate Get John Wiley Price in Hot Water?

By Candy Evans / June 28, 2011 /

WFAA-TV is reporting that John Wiley Price has doubled his real estate portfolio in the last 12 months. This is Price’s home in North Oak Cliff. According to some Dallas County records digging by Channel 8, Price has been buying up a lot of property in and around his North Oak Cliff home during the…

How NOT To Take A Listing Photo, Unless Your Future Occupation is in Porn

By Candy Evans / June 28, 2011 /

And we are not talking House Porn. The MLS allows agents to upload up to 20 photographs to MLS listings, but this agent or homeowner must have forgotten that every mirror has two sides… click here for what is a rather X-rated photo (and kids, cover your eyes!). Hat tip to Curbed.com.

Lakewood Shopping Center Just Got a Sugar Daddy: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / June 21, 2011 /

Changes coming over at Lakewood Shopping Center than could positively impact local homeowners. Steve Brown is reporting that Lincoln Property Co. bought the central block of the Lakewood retail district at Abrams Road and Gaston Avenue,  60,000-square-feet that houses the Dixie House and the cozy Lakewood Ace Hardware. This property has been owned for years by the Corrigan family,…