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Dallas Real Estate Tax Inequities: Lake Highlands Appraisals All Over the Place

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2011 /

A reader writes and the Tax Doc will respond! By the way, if you have NOT received your appraisal in the mail, that means your taxes are unchanged from last year. But you can still go down and try to lower your appraised values. In fact, the Tax Doctor advises it. Hi Candy, We are…

Dallas Real Estate Market Report: Facts & Figures, Not Crane Counting

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2011 /

Thinking of buying a house in Dallas but wonder when the sweet spot really hits? Last week, the Financial Times blessed us with a rather simple-minded story on how much better our economy is faring in Dallas. The criteria? A crane-count. (Last time I was in Manhattan, there were a ton of cranes there, too.)…

Don’t Get Screwed on Your Next Real Estate Deal: Clay Stapp & Co Celebrates, Really Really Celebrates Dallas Real Estate

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2011 /

This is the new breed of tech savvy Realtor ‚Äî excuse me, iRealtor ‚Äî and I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: the Clay Stapp style is shaking things up in this town. They do contracts on ipads. They promote properties elusively on the web, they twitter, tweet, blog, Facebook, Four-Square, Digg, AIM, everything.…

Wonder Why Buyers Prefer the Burbs? Dallas Real Estate & DISD Schools

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2011 /

The Dallas Observer reports that in 14 days, our DISD School Superintendent Michael Hinojosa will be moving to Atlanta’s Cobb County to take over as school superintendent. This comes after last fall when he was courted by Las Vegas, turned them down, promised Dallas he would cast his eyes no more and stay put. Then…

Keller Williams Urban Dallas Celebrates R.E.D. Day AGAIN!

By Candy Evans / May 11, 2011 /

Don‚Äôt get mad at your realtor if they show up for a listing appointment with paint on their face tomorrow. Nope, they are not letting this market drive them wacky, nursing wounds over Vodka, but they are seeing RED, bright R.E.D.¬† The KW Urban Dallas real estate team will be celebrating their annual R.E.D. Day,…