Real Estate Market News

Luxury Real Estate Report: Luxury is BACK, Baby, and The Kids Are Toting C Notes For Tips

By Candy Evans / February 27, 2014 /

While at Luxury Portfolio International in Las Vegas this week, I tried to stay away from Blackjack and the Craps tables and soak in all the hot deets for you from the world’s leading experts on everything luxury. The most important take-away for me was this: luxury is back and hello, the consumers are younger…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: How About a Little Austin Rattlesnake On Your Walls?

By Candy Evans / February 26, 2014 /

Rock star power and LOCATION! 5210 Meaders is in Mayflower Estates, that area of huge, leafy, stretched-out acreages north of Walnut Hill Lane, south of Royal, east of Inwood that I think are among the best lots in Dallas. I’ll take Mayflower Estates over Old Preston Hollow any day. This 6,783 square foot Hill Country…

Buying With Bitcoin? Virtual Currency Isn’t Going so Far After Widespread Theft

By Joanna England / February 25, 2014 /

Were you thinking of accepting some Bitcoin for your home like this guy or this guy? Maybe it’s time to reconsider. The New York Times reported that Mt. Gox, one of the largest bitcoin currency exchanges, was on the verge of collapse and filing for bankruptcy yesterday. Uh oh. On Monday night, a number of leading…

Buying With Bitcoin? Virtual Currency Isn't Going so Far After Widespread Theft

By Joanna England / February 25, 2014 /

Were you thinking of accepting some Bitcoin for your home like this guy or this guy? Maybe it’s time to reconsider. The New York Times reported that Mt. Gox, one of the largest bitcoin currency exchanges, was on the verge of collapse and filing for bankruptcy yesterday. Uh oh. On Monday night, a number of leading…

Case-Shiller Report Shows Double-Digit Increases in Dallas Home Prices

By Joanna England / February 25, 2014 /

After 22 months of growth, are Dallas home prices about to hit a plateau? Could be. The Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home price index showed a 10.2 percent year-over-year increase in Dallas home prices according to their most recent 20-city composite report. Dallas now ranks with 13 of the top 20 cities measured by Case-Shiller’s HPI…