Dallas

How Much of Museum Tower is Under Contract? MT Marketing Flier Says 25%, But D-Mag Editor-at-Large Tim Rogers Says 13%

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

This morning when I was doing my regularly scheduled RSS blog-reading binge, I noticed this post from D Magazine’s Tim Rogers asking just where Museum Tower officials came up with the figures in their recent marketing email:

Buying a New Range? Find Somewhere You Can Try Before You Buy, Says Suzanne Felber

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber I hate my range. Cooking on it is something I do almost every day when I’m home, and every time something cooks unevenly or dinner burns I regret spending a lot of money for something I had no knowledge of. When I bought the Home Idea Factory, it truly was an old factory…

Texas is Off to a Rollicking Start in 2014, With Home Prices Hitting New Highs

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

CoreLogic’s newest HPI report released today showed that Texas real estate professionals have good reason to blame their busy days on the hot market. Home prices in Texas are at new highs (yes, higher than pre-bubble manic market highs!), with January 2014 up 10.1 percent over a year ago, and home prices up 1.2 percent…

Tuesday Two Hundred: In North Oak Cliff, Great Values Can be Found in Sunset Hill

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

In a lot of the more gentrified neighborhoods throughout North Oak Cliff, finding a deal is getting harder and harder. Many of the homes in decent shape throughout Winnetka Heights, Kings Highway, Kessler Plaza, and Ravinia Heights have been bought up and fixed up, and sometimes even flipped by folks with the know-how to do…

Preston Hollow East Residents Protest Proposed Apartment Development, But Will Transwestern Listen?

By Joanna England / March 3, 2014 /

Intrepid reporter Emily Toman at the Preston Hollow Advocate posted this video last week of Preston Hollow East Homeowners Association members gathering to protest Transwestern’s proposed development at Preston Road and Northwest Highway. Since the project first caught the eyes of nearby residents, the scale has been shaved from 296 to 225 units. Still, residents…