Real Estate Market News

Counselors of Real Estate List Top 10 Issues Facing Market, And No. 6 Will Stun You

By Joanna England / June 11, 2014 /

We’re reporting from the National Association of Real Estate Editors Houston Conference today and it has been an incredible morning just stewing with new information. The opening remarks were especially mind-boggling, as Counselors of Real Estate chair Hugh F. Kelly listed the top 10 issues facing real estate now and into the future. “The list…

Great Western Home Loans Hosting Luxury Home Marketing Seminar, Drawing Luxury Home Agents From Everywhere

By Candy Evans / June 9, 2014 /

Yoo hoo. If you are thinking about selling a luxury home anytime soon, well, clear your calendar for June 19 and 20.  Realtors from across North America, even and a few from Canada, will be coming here for a special two-day luxury home training session offered by The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing® (ILHM). The…

Inventory is Tight, So Buyers Are Going Full-Tilt Crazy

By Joanna England / June 3, 2014 /

(Names  and photos have been changed to protect innocent sellers from completely crazy buyers) *Cue the “Law & Order” theme song* This just in from Sachse, where a family staged their gorgeous home and then put it on the market on Friday. Thanks to their talented Realtor and a ton of hard work, they received…

Why Can’t We Have This Kind of a WalMart at Cityplace? Thinking OUTSIDE the Big Box…

By Candy Evans / May 28, 2014 /

You guys, LOOK at this Walmart store going up in Totten Square, Washington, D.C. I had heard or read that Walmart was doing smaller-scale stores for urban infill sites, even connected with public transit. Look at these two D.C. stores that opened late last year. A third is under construction in Fort Totten. If this…

We’ve Done Your Mother’s Day Shopping: Make Mom (REAL) Happy With a Wine Basement!

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2014 /

Hey, she car-pooled you ’till she was blue in the face, did your laundry when the maid was off, and carried you around for nine months not to mention nursing, diapers, and (post-partum) liposuction. The least you can do is treat her to her own below-ground retreat where she can  collect vino and drink all…