Real Estate Market News

Warm Up to This: Jaap Van Zweden's Former Ritz Condo Snapped Up by Miami Heat's Chris Bosh for $3 Million

By Candy Evans / January 6, 2014 /

Why did Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh buy a 4,257 square foot unity at the Ritz Residences I? Maybe for his beautiful former model wife? She knows you can never be too thin, too rich or have too many homes. This sky-castle is a traditional contrast to what the couple has in Miami — an ultramodern compound in…

Warm Up to This: Jaap Van Zweden’s Former Ritz Condo Snapped Up by Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh for $3 Million

By Candy Evans / January 6, 2014 /

Why did Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh buy a 4,257 square foot unity at the Ritz Residences I? Maybe for his beautiful former model wife? She knows you can never be too thin, too rich or have too many homes. This sky-castle is a traditional contrast to what the couple has in Miami — an ultramodern compound in…

Local Market Monitor Predicts Growth For 2014, But Flat For 2015 And Beyond

By Joanna England / January 3, 2014 /

While Trulia consider’s Dallas to be overvalued, Local Market Monitor‘s report says that the Dallas-Irving-Plano market is actually under-priced in the neighborhood of 12 percent. That’s interesting news from these economic analysts. Local Market Monitor is predicting that home prices will grow 9 percent over the next 12 months, but will top out at 10…

Friday Five Hundred: After Price Reductions, Cliff May-Designed Midcentury Modern in Disney Streets is Pretty as a Princess

By Joanna England / January 3, 2014 /

We’ve featured this home before, but at that time, this incredible Cliff May Midcentury masterpiece was listed for $639,999. Today 11038 Snow White can be yours for an irresistible $584,900. Thats a more than $55,000 price break, guys, and this house is so worth it! Built in 1955 with more than 3,200 square feet, this…

Think Your Home is Ready For Another Dose of Winter Weather? Think Again, Says Marc Kleinmann of Bauhaus Custom Homes

By Joanna England / January 2, 2014 /

Bauhaus Custom Homes are built on the premise of making energy efficiency stylish and modern. So when Icemaggedon came around earlier this month, folks with Bauhaus homes stayed cozy and warm in their homes despite electricity outages, while the rest of us without power froze our butts off.

I asked Marc Kleinmann, founder of Bauhaus Custom Homes — A CandysDirt.com Approved Builder — what materials and strategies homeowners can use when building and renovating their homes to prepare before the next freeze hits Dallas. Should they invest in radiant barriers? New windows? Kleinmann gives us the low-down on energy efficiency after the jump!