Economy
A few weeks ago, Dallas Morning News architectural critic, Mark Lamster, wrote a pretty scathing review of Museum Tower. No fewer than five people, all in some form of real estate, told me they thought it was “obnoxious”; a few loved it, and of course, if critics were not “obnoxious” they would not be doing their…
I love this story because the guy in the WSJ photo is working in a coffee shop in St. Charles, Illinois, on the Fox River Valley where I grew up. He had two years of college and dropped out, for whatever reason with $14,000 of debt, and now the Wall Street Journal is using 26-year-old…
You know why I like the folks at CoreLogic, right, and why I put more weight in their real estate reports than I do the lovelies at Case-Shiller? CoreLogic filters out distressed sales in its reports, which is important. So it’s like that old Paine-Webber commercial: when CoreLogic talks, I listen. And the Irvine, CA…
Let’s face it: if you live in Dallas and have not heard of Jan Showers, you are not awake. Today (still) is Oct. 1, the day Dallas interior designer (and glam glam Turtle Creek resident) Jan Showers releases her second book, Glamorous Retreats. It was inspired by her vast work in the interior design industry, and…
A lovely North Dallas couple and family who currently live in a 5100 square foot home in Preston Hollow. I love this stuff as it is the American Dream in action. Raj is a totally self-made man, and built his company from the ground up with hard work. From a dozen employees 12 years ago,…
