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Top Producer Raul Ruiz Takes His Wealth of Experience to Allie Beth Allman

By Candy Evans | January 14, 2021 |

Raul Ruiz has joined the real estate team at Allie Beth Allman & Associates after achieving the goal of being named the 2020 top producer for a leading Dallas brokerage. His strengths include market analysis, high-touch service, and construction know-how. Ruiz is impressive – an enthusiastic professional who is making a solid name for himself…

Dallas-Area Homeowners Really Aren’t Fleeing Big Cities for Small-Town Life, Study Finds

By Tommy Cummings | January 14, 2021 |

The premise of the 1960s sitcom, Green Acres, was a riches-to-rags tale of Manhattan lawyer Oliver Wendall Homes escaping city slicker life for farm livin’. You’d think this would go over today — that a pandemic would cause urbanites to put big-city density behind them for land spreadin’ out so far and wide. Not so…

There Will Never Be Another Aspen Home Like This One

By CandysDirt | January 14, 2021 |

What would the most expensive home ever sold in Aspen look like? You don’t have to imagine. This 20,740-square-foot resort-style manse — complete with every conceivable uber-luxe amenity — just hit the market for $75 million. The ski-in property sports three outdoor tennis courts, a spa, a media room, and its very own bowling alley.…

It’s Time for the 2021 Historic Preservation Nominations!

By Karen Eubank | January 13, 2021 |

If you love historic homes and buildings as much as we do, please note that January 29 is the deadline to nominate a project for the 2021 Historic Preservation awards. Nominations are being accepted for the following: Rehabilitation or Adaptive Use of a residential historic building Rehabilitation or Adaptive Use of a commercial, institutional, or…

Some Realtors Experience Sticker Shock as Zillow Begins Charging For Rental Listings

By Joanna England | January 13, 2021 |

For John Angell, it was the last straw. The Dallas-based agent with Paragon Realtors took to Facebook to air his grievance with Zillow, the company that uses MLS data to populate its site with for-sale and for-lease listings. The company, which started its own brokerage — Zillow Homes — last September, also announced at that…

This $75 Million Aspen Manse Will (Literally) Bowl You Over

By Elaine Raffel | January 13, 2021 |

What would the most expensive home ever sold in Aspen look like? You don’t have to imagine. This 20,740-square-foot resort-style manse—complete with every conceivable uber-luxe amenity—just hit the market for $75 million.