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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…

Home of Fort Worth Civic Legend, Ruth Carter Stevenson, Demolished Despite Preservationists’ Objections

By Joanna England / June 24, 2013 /

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,…

Home of Fort Worth Civic Legend, Ruth Carter Stevenson, Demolished Despite Preservationists' Objections

By Joanna England / June 24, 2013 /

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,…

Friday Five Hundred: Straight Out of a Wisteria Catalog, This Lake Highlands Home Will Knock You Over

By Joanna England / June 21, 2013 /

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…

Fed Moves and Grooves: What Does This Mean for Mortgage Rates????

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2013 /

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…