Economy

Foreclosures Down Across the Nation, Too, But it Still Is Not Miller Time

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2011 /

My colleagues over at AOL say we are not alone with our positive foreclosure numbers, as filings across the country have dropped, though Texas still got lumped in with the new bad boys of real estate: Nevada, Illinois, Ohio, Colorado, Florida. (Why weren’t California and Arizona on that list?) But the story is not about…

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Good Dallas Real Estate News: Dallas Fort Worth Residential Foreclosure Postings Drop to 40 Month Low!

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2011 /

For the first time in more than THREE YEARS, foreclosures are diminishing in Dallas Fort Worth. George Roddy Sr. of Foreclosure Listing Service, Inc. reports some good news preceding the spring market: Dallas Fort Worth residential foreclosure postings have dropped to a 40-month low. Roddy says that for the upcoming auctions on May 3, only…

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Dallas Real Estate News Round Up: It’s The Housing, Stupid

By Candy Evans / March 22, 2011 /

“It’s The Housing, Stupid.” — What I hope someone writes on a wall somewhere in the White House. Now that there is a pay wall at the Dallas Morning News — I do subscribe — I will try and give you a weekly re-cap of real estate news and a look/see at what our local…

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Double Taxing? Think Twice About Having a Second Home in New York State:

By Candy Evans / February 13, 2011 /

If you own a second home in New York but don’t work there, you may soon be taxed like those who do, even on income made outside of the state. I love New York City and would be there every other week if I could. But I doubt I’d ever own property there, or could…

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Housing Crisis in U.K: House-Envy Could Be a Problem

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2011 /

I love hearing about real estate life in the U.K. When it comes to health care, they are trying to reform their socialized regime — which is both awful and wonderful, depending on who you talk to — even as the U.S. steers towards socialized medicine. (The Brits want it to be less socialized.) Now…

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