Realtor News

Mike Modano Talks Dallas Real Estate, Great Neighborhoods, and Where He's Going to Live Next…

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2013 /

It all started when we posted Mike Modano’s $2.495 house on Mimosa for sale this week. (It’s orgasmic.) Somewhere, somehow the rumor started in that he was leaving Dallas, maybe for LA? Mike’s biz manager, Tom Fireovid, contacted me to clear that up — sometimes in this internet world you end up linking to the…

Mike Modano Talks Dallas Real Estate, Great Neighborhoods, and Where He’s Going to Live Next…

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2013 /

It all started when we posted Mike Modano’s $2.495 house on Mimosa for sale this week. (It’s orgasmic.) Somewhere, somehow the rumor started in that he was leaving Dallas, maybe for LA? Mike’s biz manager, Tom Fireovid, contacted me to clear that up — sometimes in this internet world you end up linking to the…

Airbnb Gets Short-Sheeted in NYC

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2013 /

The hot short-term home rental site, Airbnb, has about 235 listings here in Dallas. But New York City is crying foul to at least one Airbnb landlord — will this hurt Airbnb? Story on SecondShelters.com…

Steve Brown via Redfin: About One-Third of Dallas Homes Have Buyers Within Two Weeks of Hitting the Market

By Candy Evans / May 22, 2013 /

I think that we have been preaching this here on CD ever since about January. Steve Brown reports that “more than 20 percent of the Dallas-area properties which were listed for sale in April had a contract in one week or less.” We are hot, in fact, one of the hottest residential real estate markets…

Another Reason to Rethink Fracking: Even The Threat of Shale Gas Wells Tanks Propert Values 20 to 24 Percent

By Joanna England / May 22, 2013 /

Business Insider listed the top nine things that can cripple or kill home values, and fracking (hydraulic fracturing) was listed among foreclosure graveyards, hoarding, sex offenders, and poorly performing schools as one of the top problems that tank home values. The threat of potentially polluted drinking water scares off buyers from their potential dream home.…