Real Estate
Yikes. This dramatic episode sounds a lot like Mark and Patricia Lovvorn’s campaign to take a wrecking ball to Stanley Marcus’ historic Nonesuch Road home. Except, well, preservationists were actually able to stop the owners from tearing down that house. The modernist former home of Ruth Carter Stevenson, daughter of Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter,…
So, CraigsList. I don’t know if I would ever buy a house off of the free classified site. Maybe rent one, yes, but buy? I don’t know. Between all they “Se Vende Casa” posts and “OWNER FINANCED!@!@!” listings, I just don’t see it as a credible source. Still, people use it. I mean, it’s free,…
The real estate landscape is constantly changing, thanks to a regulatory environment that is learning from its past. After the housing bubble burst, fueled by the sub-prime lending market crash, lawmakers were in a frenzy to control the damage. The question is, though, with regulatory belt-tightening, will there be unintended consequences? How can this actually…
I am going to be pinning the hell out of these listing photos, y’all. Don’t let me be the only one. Seriously, from the exposed beam ceilings, the expert whitewashed look, and the pops of color that just suck you in, this Lake Highlands home is just perfection. This home, built in 1940, has been…
Mortgage rates are rising, the Fed is going to ease out of bond purchases and choke back on the reins. What does this mean for our real estate market, specifically, home mortgage rates? I grabbed Guardian’s Marcus McCue fresh out of a meeting with the Mortgage Bankers Association. In fact, he wrote his response while in…
