Relocation

Financial Website Calls Plano The Best-Managed City in The U.S., Fuels Rivalry With Fellow Collin County Suburbs

By Joanna England / February 5, 2013 /

According to 24/7 Wall Street, our neighbors to the north in Plano live in the best-managed city in the U.S., beating Madison, Wisc., and Irvine, Calif., for top honors. Just how did they come to their conclusion, crowning one of the most popular Dallas suburbs as king? 24/7 Wall St. has completed its second annual…

More Folks Are Moving to DFW And Snapping Up Homes: Local Market Monitor Report Projects Growth Through 2015

By Joanna England / February 4, 2013 /

  Dallas, be grateful! We are rebounding! Things are looking up! That is, according to the Jan. 31 Local Market Monitor report for the Dallas-Plano-Irving market. For me, this just re-affirms what Realtors and sellers are telling us: Well-staged homes that are priced right are flying off the market in record time. And we’re head-and-shoulders…

Good Luck Finding a House! Forbes Ranks Dallas as Third-Fastest Growing City Behind Houston And Austin

By Joanna England / January 23, 2013 /

As Candy already mentioned, pre-owned inventory is scary low, which is driving prices up for Dallas properties. Sure, demand means a seller’s market, but what about all of the folks that are either being born or moving to Dallas? That’s putting our housing market in a tough spot! Several big corporations have moved to Dallas in recent years — Comerica Bank being one of the largest — which has made move-in ready pre-owned homes sell like hotcakes.

Welcome to the Neighborhood: Thoughtful Housewarming Gifts from a Cautious, Enabling Preston Hollow Mother Are the Latest Rage

By Candy Evans / December 11, 2012 /

Full disclosure: I bought a carton of cigarettes, Natty Light and Cheerios as a Housewarming Gift! Now it’s the latest rage… As we have been telling you, those boys who love to build and remodel homes are moving into Preston Hollow, my ‘hood. And I could not be more deeeelighted! If Sunday night was any…

Dallas/Fort Worth Fully Recuperated From the Recession Because Baby Docs Are Super Busy

By Candy Evans / November 30, 2012 /

People move here because in Dallas they can have a house AND a baby, even if they have to pay for both! We were told today that Dallas/Fort Worth is one of three, only THREE, U.S. metropolitan areas that have fully recovered from the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009. We are told this by…

Dallas Home Prices Up 4.4% From Last Year + Six Months of Nice Real Estate News. Still, EARMUFFS!

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2012 /

Didn’t John Paulson say this would happen?

“Good morning” — this from Standard & Poor Dow Jones this morning — good indeed! “At 9am EST today, S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest results for the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Data through September 2012 reveals the following:

Friday (Almost) Five Hundred: Updated Ranch in Windsor Park is Perfect For Corporate Relocation!

By Joanna England / November 16, 2012 /

Everyone seems to be moving to Dallas these days, especially people who are transferred or promoted by one of the billion corporations that call Dallas their headquarters. Finding housing is a big problem for folks moving to a brand-new place, so I’m going to make it easy for them. This home — 7238 Joyce Way,…