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Making it Rain? Not so Fast! Banks Ease Lending Requirements, But New Mortgage Rules Will Manage Some Risk

By Joanna England / June 25, 2013 /

Interesting story in the Los Angeles Times. According to their business desk, banks are easing lending restrictions and lending more freely, using “creative financing,” which could bring more risk to the market. The story, which talks about “piggyback financing” and other risky mortgage loans, says that with higher prices comes more risk in housing finance.…

Museum Tower's Greg Greene Says Owners Really Want to Fix Glare on Nasher, Even if It Costs Millions

By Candy Evans / June 25, 2013 /

Greg Greene, one of the developers of Museum Tower, has told Candace Carlisle at the Dallas Business Journal that “ownership wants to financially step up to fix the tower’s glare inside the galleries at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” But then he added, agreeing on a solution could take more time. And it looks as though…

Museum Tower’s Greg Greene Says Owners Really Want to Fix Glare on Nasher, Even if It Costs Millions

By Candy Evans / June 25, 2013 /

Greg Greene, one of the developers of Museum Tower, has told Candace Carlisle at the Dallas Business Journal that “ownership wants to financially step up to fix the tower’s glare inside the galleries at the Nasher Sculpture Center.” But then he added, agreeing on a solution could take more time. And it looks as though…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Make Your Primary Home a Vaca Pad — Santa Fe, Ole

By Candy Evans / June 24, 2013 /

It’s June, and we are knee-deep in summer vacation. Why not retain that summer home feeling YEAR ROUND with a home that looks like a vacation home? That way you get a little vaca every day! I often joke that Santa Fe is a bedroom community of Dallas. Well, it is. American has non-stop flights…

Are You Renovating This Summer? Zillow Survey Shows 60 Percent of America Will

By Joanna England / June 24, 2013 /

I guess I fall in to the 60 percent of Americans who will be renovating their homes this summer. We’ve already had some work done on our back deck, as well as some landscaping. Sure, it’s no tear-down, but it makes us happy! What Zillow discovered during its Zillow Digs Summer Home Improvement Trend and Spending…