Real Estate
Update: the auction has been rescheduled to Sept. 26. Originally, we said September 19. Dallas is a huge hair town, so you know all about the M Mansion, yes? We certainly do: my son got married in the house and we enjoyed a magically beautiful wedding there last September. Well, I just emailed to tell…
Been meaning to tell you that in Palo Alto, CA. the state of Texas actually has a recruiting OFFICE. It’s no secret that Texas, under Governor Rick Perry, is pretty dang aggressive about inviting everyone here to work, move a business, and just plain live. Perry is twisting a lot of arms to recruit companies…
We have been telling you this for months now: home prices around North Texas have never been higher. Sales of pre-owned home in the first half of 2013 are running more than 20 percent higher than in the same period of 2012. In fact, that is a new North Texas sales record for a single…
Interesting study by the Institute for Behavioral and Experimental Real Estate at Old Dominion University at Norfolk, Va. (what a mouthful!). Researchers found that it takes just 20 seconds for shoppers to decide on whether or not to pursue a home just from the information presented on the very front page of the listing. From there,…
I mean, he played a role: Kwame Kilpatrick was mayor of one of America’s largest cities at the age of 31. He resigned in 2008, after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in a scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair with his chief of staff. OK, so a lot of politicians dabble extra-maritally.…
