Highlight Home of the Week Presented by Lisa Peters

Don’t Let Holiday Shopping Derail Your Home Mortgage Closing

By Shelby Skrhak / December 1, 2021 /

Your mortgage loan is approved, the home is under contract, and your closing date is all set. Time to treat yourself to that gorgeous sectional you’ve been eyeing at Arhaus as a Christmas present to yourself, right? Sorry, but step away from the AMEX. Before you close on your mortgage, it’s critical to avoid taking…

The Plano House That’s Perfect for Lovers of Outdoors and Electronics

By Shelby Skrhak / November 24, 2021 /

This week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, takes us to the River Bend neighborhood in Plano — a beautiful area of late ‘70s and early ‘80s contemporary homes with a river of finger lakes running through it. It’s also my neighborhood, which gave me the chance…

4 Ways to Build Home Equity

By Shelby Skrhak / October 27, 2021 /

If you’re a homeowner, building home equity can make a big difference in your future finances. Unlike other large purchases such as cars that lose value over time, homes steadily increase in value when you treat them right. Coppell-based Caliber Home Loans has these tips for building equity in your home, and spoiler alert, one…

In 1939, This Mockingbird Home Was The Talk of The Town

By Shelby Skrhak / October 20, 2021 /

“Residential Building Booms,” a headline proclaims in this Jan. 1939 edition of the Dallas Morning News. Texas was experiencing a home building boom not seen since 1932, so the full-page “Notes on Construction in Dallas” told new home dreamers of the latest trends in home-building. A screened-in porch on Prospect Ave. near Abrams would be…

This Far North Dallas Home Wasn’t Always a Looker

By Shelby Skrhak / October 13, 2021 /

Today you see a facade of cool gray painted brick, wide Hardy plank siding, and a bright pop of orange greeting you at the door, but this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, wasn’t always that way. Turn back the clock to May 2017 when this…