Economy

FHA Now Permits You to Find Down Payment Cash Under the Seat Cushions

By Candy Evans / August 22, 2012 /

Is your money safer today in the stock market or tucked inside your, hopefully, Duxiana mattress? If you answered “mattress,” you’re in luck. (And probably a whole lot richer, unless you bought Apple in 2005.) You can use the money you’ve saved inside the mattress springs — or left in the chair cushions — to help cover…

Water Park Slides Have Arrived at the Malouf Manse on Strait Lane & World Now Knows We Are Serious About Medicaid Dental Fraud in Texas

By Candy Evans / August 20, 2012 /

“Texas Drills Down on Medicaid Dental Fraud” (sub. rec.) is the headline in today’s Wall Street Journal. What do they mean by that? Why, maybe a blast from the past biz practices of people like Richard Malouf who is putting in a WaterPark that one reader thinks we ought to christen “WaterPik Park” over on Strait…

Saturday Six Hundred:106 Degree Plus Days Got You Down? How Does $250 Bucks Sound for Monthly Utilities –MAX?

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2012 /

Not only is this house adorable, well-built, well-located, thoughtfully planned, brand spanking new and close to everything, it’s also the cheapest home you will ever find in Dallas, Texas when it comes to utility costs. Even when it’s 106 degrees. Built by JLD Custom Homes, it’s one of only two local homes whose builders have received the 2011 Oncor Excellence in…

Friday Five Hundred: Absolutely Orgasmic Mmmmm Streets Secret Tudor-esque, NOT in MLS…

By Candy Evans / July 27, 2012 /

Towel warmers, anyone? What is this, Champ D’Or? You are KILLING me with this listing: it is unbelievable! 2246 square feet, built in 1926, remodeled in 1946 and then very, very recently as you can SO tell. Only two bedrooms, two baths, but look at that master — it is worth sucking up another bedroom for! Closets! Who…

Hip Pockets Not in MLS: This Home Might Be Going On The Market –Twist My Arm!

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2012 /

I know that with inventory so low, it is mighty hard to find homes out there. The new thing is to find a home BEFORE it hits the market! If you are looking in Preston Hollow, very close to St. Mark’s — we are talking roll out of bed and you are in your classroom…