Economy

Utility Concierge: You Make the Selections, They Make the Connections Now Easy as Watching a Cartoon!

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2013 /

  You know Utility Concierge, right? It’s my favorite company when it comes to moving. It like DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU! When I first met Gabe Abshire, UC’s CEO, I told him he’d be the next Bill Gates. Why? Because he has figured out a way to give consumers the power of choice, for ABsolutely…

Join Dallas Realtor Peggy Millheiser in Providing the Power of Pie for the HomeBound This Season DEADLINE IS SUNDAY!

By Candy Evans / November 15, 2013 /

Do you know Meals on Wheels? Each weekday, more than 4,000 hot lunches are cooked and delivered to homebound seniors and disabled persons throughout Dallas County. Volunteers do the delivering. It is a great volunteer opportunity for Realtors, especially, since they are chained to a car. Meals on Wheels is a project of the Visiting Nurses Association, and Peggy Millheiser happens to be on the board of VNA/Meals on Wheels. The VNA started the very first hospice program in Dallas, and continues the work today. They also offer private care and companionship.

Home Warranty Company Publishes Poll Contending That Americans Don't Trust Real Estate Agents

By Joanna England / November 14, 2013 /

A survey conducted by Choice Home Warranty last month found that more than 67 percent of the 1,147 adults who completed the questionnaire don’t trust real estate agents. The generations most likely to distrust real estate agents are Generation X, Y, and Millennials, while Baby Boomers and retirees are more likely to trust an agent…

Inwood Mortgage House of the Week: You'll Agree That the Views From This Luxe Fairview Lair are More Than "Fair"

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2013 /

I am hot on Fairview. I have always been hot on Fairview because the homes are gorgeous and the topography has a bit of Hill Country to it. I stop at Watters Creek whenever I am in the area, and friends who live up there LOVE the schools, love the community. But just yesterday I…

Real Estate Auctions Are Taking Off: Girnormous Preston Trails Home Going To The Block, No Reserve

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2013 /

Update: One of our wonderful readers alerts me to the fact that this is golfer Lanny Watkins residence. Hence, the putting green. Quest: if the agents had promoted that the home had a high profile owner, could it have sold faster? So this puppy was listed as far back as August, 2011 with Kevin Laszlo of…