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How Plano Apartment Dwellers Can Grade Their Building and Living Standards

By Tommy Cummings | December 5, 2021 |

Plano is featuring an online tool called the Multi-family Rental Registration and Inspection Program that helps apartment residents and visitors rate complexes larger than five units and older than five years old.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year… For an Open House

By CandysDirt | December 4, 2021 |

Who lists their home during the holidays? Really smart people, that’s who.  It used to be in Dallas real estate that sellers waited until the spring bulbs began protruding from the warming earth to list their home for sale. By then, buyers often had their tax refund burning a hole in their pocket, the weather…

Angled, Open And Bright, This 1970s Brentfield Home Is Extra

By Nikki Barringer | December 4, 2021 |

I love the roof line of this house. I’m a sucker for 1970s construction and this one has such a dramatic entry. You could absolutely hang a pendant lamp over the front door, but I think these people nailed it by keeping it clean and clutter free. Before the ooh and aah fest continues, let…

Clean and Simple Outside, Simply Elegant Inside

By Shelby Skrhak | December 3, 2021 |

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, is a real surprising little gem near historic downtown Carrollton. Located not too far from the city’s first homestead, this simple white wooden structure was built in 1951 when the Dallas County town had just a few thousand residents. This sweet-looking home is…

This Sparkman Club Estates Home is Perfect For a Pandemic Plant Parent

By Joanna England | December 3, 2021 |

The buying power in Dallas is real right now, with homes in the $400s and $500s selling like homes in the $300s were about three years ago. With homes moving fast, you have to either whittle down your “must-have” list until it resembles Kate Moss back in the 1990s or you miss out. For people…

Housing Market Could Get Hotter as The Conforming Loan Limit Jumps 18 Percent This Week

By Daniel Lalley | December 3, 2021 |

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a new conforming loan limit increase of $98,950 this week. This brings the limit up to $647,200 from $548,250 in 2021. It also opens avenues for many who might otherwise have a tough time in this hot housing market. What is a Conforming Loan Limit? A conforming loan…