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This Lochwood Ranch is a Sleeper That Has Everything You Want

By Joanna England | August 12, 2021 |

Listen, I might be biased, but some of the best houses that are hitting the market these days are in the East Dallas enclave of Lochwood. I mean, what’s not to love about Lochwood? We’ve lauded and praised and fawned over this neighborhood for as long as the staff at CandysDirt.com has been dishing the…

Mortgage Rates Expected to Increase Along With Inventory in Second Half of 2021, Researchers Say

By CandysDirt | August 12, 2021 |

From Staff Reports COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on real estate in Texas, but a new report from the Texas Real Estate Research Center sees a more stable Texas housing market for the second half of 2021 and into 2022. The Center’s 2021 Mid-Year Texas Housing & Economic Outlook was released today. Here are the takeaways: Supply Chain…

The Naked Home: Did the Big Freeze Uncover Your Home’s Un-Insulated Walls?

By Shelby Skrhak | August 11, 2021 |

Let’s face it, the last thing to impress a home buyer on a tour is insulation. Most buyers are immediately taken by great curb appeal — beautiful landscaping, a modern front door, and plenty of windows. But thanks in part to last February’s big freeze, home buyers are now looking in unlikely places to decide…

O, Canada! Muskoka Offers Luxe, Lakeside Living

By Elaine Raffel | August 11, 2021 |

Muskoka just might be Canada’s best kept secret in luxury real estate.

CoreLogic Home Price Index Validates The Sudden Interest in Austin

By Tommy Cummings | August 11, 2021 |

CoreLogic validated the incoming Austin converts in its recent Home Price Index. Austin’s year-over-year home prices rose 29.9 percent in June.

This Virginia House Goes With The Grain (Again And Again)

By Mimi Perez | August 11, 2021 |

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Remember that old nursery rhyme from elementary school? The kids who could nail that tongue twister would be flexing on those poor souls who would end up just babbling “chuck, chuck, chuck, wood, chuck.” Well, the house featured in this week’s column…