Real Estate Trends
Who needs a spouse to buy a first house? Not too many folks anymore. According to new research from Zillow, only 40 percent of first-time homebuyers are married today, down from 52 percent in the late ’80s. Why is this? First, fewer people are getting married in general. Barely half of adults (51 percent) were married in 2011, according…
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That’s Marty Marks of Virginia Cook with a contingent of Virgina Cook agents, plus some Dave Perry-Miller agents, Randall Graham marketing director at Ebby Halliday, DD Flynn is here from Berkshire Hathaway, and I’m having drinks tonight with Hanne Sagalowsky and Linda Callicutt from Ebby’s Little White House. Last year Ellen Sedeno was here from…
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I had to come to San Francisco, had to see them for myself. Eight years ago I attended this conference by mistake, and it made me to see the writing on the wall not only in real estate, but print journalism. This is the conference that inspired me to start a blog called DallasDirt and,…
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Sometimes the best way to find your next home is just by driving or walking the block. You learn so much about a neighborhood that way, just by going up and down streets, looking at front yards and landscaping, seeing people walking down the sidewalks, hear noisy dogs and see traffic in real time. And…
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By Jenny Block Guest Columnist I know some people are upset about Exxxotica coming to town. But I’m excited. Sure these things are a little wild and a little naughty, and some of it won’t be my cup of tea I’m sure. But most of it will be fun seminars with porn stars talking about…
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