Economy
In case you have not noticed, real estate rentals of single family homes are soaring. Our friends at Zillow just paid $16 million for the real estate rental search site HotPads. Zillow says it is making this hefty acquisition to “expand the size of its growing rental audience and extend the reach of its marketing tools and productivity solutions for rental professionals.” Naturally, rentals rule in large cities like New York, San Francisco and Boston where real estate prices are high, the population is younger, more transient and there are more high density units to choose from.
Read MoreIs it true that women in the 1950’s spent most of their time in bubble baths? I want to totally revive that trend, starting right here with this house porn! Here’s a delicious find up on 7715 Idlewood Lane, east of Hillcrest and north of Royal. Four bedrooms, five and a half baths, multiple formals. Snuggled…
Read MoreIt’s official: Bobby Abtahi is running for Dallas City Council, specifically the seat vacated by term-limited Angela Hunt. Oh excuse me, it’s ROBERT Abtahi, former Dallas City Plan Commissioner. You see, I know him as Bobby, a young man who was friends with my daughter in middle and high school and who, at the age…
Read MoreThis is Kyle Crews with Paige Hinton, Director of Residential Marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company at last week’s conference in Los Angeles: “Luxury Real Estate – The Global Market Outlook and a Journey into the Hearts and Minds of the Super-Affluent and Wealthy.” Oh my, how I wish I could have been a shapely…
Read MoreJeremy Strick, the director of the Nasher Sculpture Center, sent an email to the Nasher’s members, friends and supporters today asking them (and everyone who loves Dallas) to contact our council reps and get this issue resolved and yes, do the German louvre thing: Dear Friends,Yesterday, 11 prominent Dallas civic leaders lent their voices to…
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