Economy
We were celebrating the jam-packed grand opening of Dallas builder extraordinaire (and to the Stars, literally) Mark Danuser of Tatum Brown Custom Homes last Thursday evening. Mark is truly one of the best builders not just in Dallas, but the southwest. Of course he is a CandysDirt approved builder, a very selective and exclusive club.…
UPDATE: Holy Macaroni. I got into MLS and found that while 6508 Old Gate had been listed for as much as $6.5, the last listing price was just $3,499,999. And it sold at auction for… well, is pending for… $3.4 even Stephen. Not too shabby Concierge Auctions. I am duly impressed! Remember when we told…
A lot of the homes with pools in Lake Highlands are just basically concrete holes in the ground. I look at them and I think, “Gosh, if that were my house, I would have done that pool much differently!” If you dream of living in Lake Highlands but want a custom pool (one designed…
You have a few more days to protest your property taxes, then it’s all over for another year. While he sifts through the late-comers who decide they need a pro to help them lower property values before the May 31 deadline, I asked Rob Wheelock to give us the low down on property tax rates…
Don’t get me wrong, I am thrilled to see Case-Schiller reporting double-digit annual growth across all composites in their latest report. The 10- and 20-city composites showed gains of 10.3 and 10.9 percent through the year ending in March 2013. For the Dallas area Home Price Level Index, the year-over-year growth according to Case-Schiller’s indicies…