Real Estate Market News

Jim Schutze: “North Oak Cliff — Brooklyn But Your Parents Don’t Have to Support You”

By Candy Evans / July 15, 2016 /

Crusty Jim Schutze of The Dallas Observer wrapped a very long, very sad week in Dallas history with some stuff to be actually positive about. He didn’t come out and say it, but it’s really our real estate market: Burdened as we are by a peculiar past, even hobbled by a certain disconnection from national…

EZ Stow Signs Local Business Looks to Go National with Realtor Sign Invention

By Leah Shafer / July 6, 2016 /

Conventional real estate signs are a necessary and familiar accessory for real estate agents. But they’re also kind of a pain. They’re big and bulky and don’t easily fit in most car trunks. The stakes can damage a car’s interior upholstery and seating. They’re dirty and muddy, and many agents have to pay someone to install and remove them. Longtime…

Inventory Down 21% in Dallas Fort Worth: Zillow

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2016 /

Where home prices are surging the most, and see how dwindling inventory affects that: Metropolitan Area Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) YoY Home Value Change Percent Inventory Change for All Homes Bottom-Tier Percent Inventory Change Middle-Tier Percent Inventory Change Top-Tier Percent Inventory Change Condo Percent Inventory Change Denver, CO $336,600 15.2% 0.1% -2.3% 15.3% -4.8%…

Why Did Kyle Bass Make Such a Big Deal About Centurion American in His Beef Against United Development?

By Candy Evans / February 22, 2016 /

Nothing like the weekend to get the real estate buzz brewing. Almost every developer I spoke with — three, all off the record, of course — is scratching their head about the way Hayman Capital Management’s Kyle Bass has brought Mehrdad Moayedi, founder and CEO of Centurion Development, into the United Development Funding story spotlight.…

FBI Raids Grapevine Financial Firm that Kyle Bass Complained About

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2016 /

What the hec! A few days ago a story came across the desk about Kyle Bass, he of Hayman Capital Management, complaining about a Ponzi scheme going on at a financial institution in Grapevine. This happened about the time we were hearing about Nancy Carroll and the missing funds over at Millennium Title. Unrelated, but…