Realtor News

Low Interest Rates May Not be for Everyone: How To Get Your Credit House in Order Before You Buy

By Candy Evans / August 16, 2013 /

The only thing hotter than the temperature in North Texas is our real estate market.  Houses are being snatched on the day they’re listed, and prices are on a steady upward climb. Everyone is raving about the low interest rates that can get you into those houses… hurry before they go up! In fact, experts…

With The Byron Nelson, Cowboys Pulling Up Stakes in Las Colinas, Will Irving Lose Its Lustre With Luxury Buyers?

By Joanna England / August 15, 2013 /

Will the horses of Las Colinas keep charging without the Cowboys there? Poor, Beth Van Duyne! First the Byron Nelson announced that it will be relocating, and now the Cowboys are pulling up stakes from their Valley Ranch training facility and heading for Frisco. The Irving mayor must be having fits! Of course, what we…

Who's Living in Your Guest House? Number of Boomerang Kids at All-Time Highs

By Joanna England / August 15, 2013 /

If you have a grown child living in your guest house, raise your hand. If you’ve got your hand in the air, you’re not alone. Not by a long shot, in fact. Now, why is that recent college grad living rent free back in the nest? Some say that there are just as many reasons…

We Are On a Frisco High: First Look at the Dallas Cowboys New Indoor Training Facility

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2013 /

Update: Frisco agent Jlyne Hanback writes to tell me that the eighth high school to open in Frisco will be named “Reedy”, after former Frisco Superintendent Rick Reedy. I had him originally as “Reddy”. That’s what you get when you don’t google everything — thanks much for the correction! My buddy Brad Holden up in Frisco…

Inside the Just-Renovated Stanley Marcus Home in Lakewood: a Dallas Historical Landmark

By Candy Evans / August 10, 2013 /

10 Nonesuch Road, the home retailer extraordinaire Stanley Marcus built with this wife in Lakewood, is now open to select group of Realtors. Though it is not in MLS, I hear several buyers are circling. Built in 1937/1938, Nonesuch is now ready to tackle the 21st century. The private projection room has been re- wired,…