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Title Tip: If You Think Closing is Getting More Expensive, You’re Not Wrong

By Lydia Blair | March 23, 2021 |

Recently released national closing cost data showed that in 2020 closing costs increased for both purchases and refinance transactions. Average closing costs for a single-family home increased by almost 6 percent while the average home sales prices increased by almost 10 percent. The closing cost data, announced by ClosingCorp, calculated the cost of title insurance,…

Builder Takes Classic Approach to Fort Worth Neighborhood Near Natural Waterfalls

By Tommy Cummings | March 23, 2021 |

In the small city of Westworth Village, Plano-based homebuilder Shaddock Homes announced that it is opening up a development called Westworth Falls not far from Airfield Falls.

A Window to a Home With History in Beckley Club Estates

By Nikki Barringer | March 23, 2021 |

I love talking to Compass’ Bill Farrell. He always has the most interesting properties and knows the story behind them. Don’t fall in love with this one just yet though, it’s already sold. I’M SORRY. WE CAN’T KEEP UP IN THIS MARKET. But Farrell is one to watch, so set up a Google search because…

Talking to The Folks Who Put the “Care” in Manchester Care Homes

By Candy Evans | March 22, 2021 |

For a year that will go down in pandemic history, the caregivers at Manchester Care Homes and Cambridge Caregivers have been doing heroic work caring for a high COVID-risk population in a closed-door setting. That meant they had to be more to their patients than caregivers — they had to be friends, confidants, technical engineers,…

An Architect’s Dream: A Timeless Tuscan Estate in Old Preston Hollow

By Karen Eubank | March 22, 2021 |

It’s rare to find a beautifully designed Tuscan estate today. When this one in Mayflower Estates in Old Preston Hollow came to our attention, I began to dig, as always! I knew Dallas architect Elby S. Martin designed this Tuscan estate. During my research, I found out he was inspired by American architect Addison Mizner,…

Did Elon Musk Offhandedly Drive Up Home Prices in Austin? We’d Like to Think So

By Tommy Cummings | March 22, 2021 |

In a podcast interview last month, Elon Musk told Joe Rogan that Austin had the potential to be the “biggest boomtown that America has seen in 50 years.”