Friday Five Hundred
Realtor Prime Blankenship III has an announcement to make: Prospective buyers don’t know what to make of this market. Also, he says, “Water is wet.” It may not be news to you, but Blankenship, a Realtor with Scottie Smith and Associates, says that the general confusion from buyers has pushed the market in an interesting…
Read MoreI’ve been by this Ash Creek Midcentury Modern more times than I can count. It’s a lovely home with beautiful lines and tons of windows. And the lot, an almost-unheard-of .46 acres, is massive and partially shaded by the canopy provided by the many tall trees. And then there’s Ash Creek, which runs just past…
Read MoreLove at first sight can be brutal. That’s especially true in real estate. Truly, if you fall in love with a home in this market, you have to act fast and outbid everyone else who fell for it, too. It’s like an episode of The Bachelor, except it’s many would-be homeowners wooing sellers with crazy-high…
Read MoreThe buying power in Dallas is real right now, with homes in the $400s and $500s selling like homes in the $300s were about three years ago. With homes moving fast, you have to either whittle down your “must-have” list until it resembles Kate Moss back in the 1990s or you miss out. For people…
Read MoreWhen I moved to Dallas in 2005, it was to work for The Dallas Morning News. Fresh out of college and still learning about the world, it felt like a strange privilege to work for incredibly meager pay (It was bad, y’all) with some bona fide journalism legends. One of those legends was Keven Ann…
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