Real Estate Market News

Uptown Look a Lot Cleaner This Week? Here's Who Helped Get Uptown Spic N' Span

By Candy Evans / May 6, 2013 /

Last Saturday, about this time, several Dallas Realtors and the Uptown Residents Council were springing from their beds because they had a busy, busy Saturday morning ahead of them, cleaning. Not just house cleaning, mind you, but dirty, gritty, wear your rubber gloves Uptown street cleaning. In conjunction with the annual “Celebrate Uptown” events of April…

Burton Knight is Not Giving Up on His Water-Friendly Lawn, Says Unfair Park

By Joanna England / May 3, 2013 /

  Photo: City of Dallas via Unfair Park Burton Knight is a smart fellow — he has a horticulture degree from my alma mater, Texas A&M University — but all the wits in the world might not be enough to win a fight against Dallas City Hall. If you’ll recall, Knight xeriscaped his Junius Heights…

Local Market Monitor Classifies Dallas Metro Real Estate Market as "Low Risk"

By Joanna England / May 1, 2013 /

We’re in the money, folks. If you have friends, clients, and friends who are clients who were waiting for the right time to buy or upgrade in the Dallas/Plano/Irving area, Local Market Monitor is giving you the green light! Last month’s report showed that we had low risk in some sectors, but it was nothing…

Local Market Monitor Classifies Dallas Metro Real Estate Market as “Low Risk”

By Joanna England / May 1, 2013 /

We’re in the money, folks. If you have friends, clients, and friends who are clients who were waiting for the right time to buy or upgrade in the Dallas/Plano/Irving area, Local Market Monitor is giving you the green light! Last month’s report showed that we had low risk in some sectors, but it was nothing…

Case Shiller's Great Housing News: Dallas Home Values Increased at Greatest Rate Since C-S Even Started Taking Surveys

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2013 /

I mean, dang! Dallas home prices are up 7.1% from last year overall. Is that not great to hear? Prices of pre-owned homes scooted up a whopping 7.1 percent in February from February 2012, a record increase. Like, the biggest increase since Case Shiller has been keeping records. Talk to the agents, they say North Texas home…