Dallas Real Estate News

Is The Rent Too D*mn High? Dallas Rental Rates Are Headed Up

By Joanna England / October 19, 2015 /

Why are so many investors hot on Dallas apartments? Why are more people choosing to become landlords instead of selling their homes after moving to a new one? It might have something to do with demand for rentals and rates inching skyward. In fact, RentRange has Dallas/Fort Worth ranked at the No. 9 spot for…

Forget Manhattan: Investors See More Potential in Dallas Real Estate

By Joanna England / October 14, 2015 /

Even Austin can’t beat Dallas real estate when it comes to investors, and we know how crazy that market is. But it seems as if real estate has lost its luster in larger “gateway” cities such as NYC, Chicago, and D.C. according to a survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute. They asked 1,500…

How to Spot a Scam: The Price on This Forest Hills Midcentury Modern Was Too Good to be True

By Joanna England / September 28, 2015 /

At first, my eternal optimism and wishful thinking had me fooled when I saw this amazing deal on Zillow. Heck, who wouldn’t want to sprint for their checkbook after seeing this gorgeous four-bedroom, three-bath renovated midcentury modern for sale at the bargain basement price of $300K. *record scratches* Wait, that house looks familiar … wasn’t…

Record Setting Expansion: Rogers Healy Expands to Billion Dollar Mile

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2015 /

I remember Rogers Healy in 2007. Boy, do I remember him. I had just started my brainchild blog, “Dallas Dirt”, over at D Magazine. Most of the agents in town were not super excited, mostly because they had no idea how technology was about to shift the real estate industry. But I did.  I had seen…

Realtors on the Runway: Stage the Listing, Style the Agent!

By Candy Evans / September 22, 2015 /

We at CandysDirt.com are tickeled PINK that tomorrow is the BIG DAY for Realtors on the Runway! Wednesday afternoon, Allie-Coosh founder Paulette Martsolf will dress five legendary Dallas Realtors —  Allie Beth Allman’s Doris Jacobs, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Joan Eleazer, Dave Perry-Miller’s Karen Fry, Virginia Cook’s Shelby Fuqua, and Ebby Halliday’s Kelly Logsdon Rush for a…