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Resmark and Grenadier Homes Team Up for Right-Size, Right-Price Digs in Prosper

By Bethany Erickson | January 15, 2019 |

Whether you’re looking at retirement and downsizing, or you’re a first-time buyer looking to get into a popular development in Prosper, a new partnership between Grenadier Homes and California-based The Resmark Companies has right-sized, right-priced options. The two have partnered to develop 198 single-family attached townhomes in two neighborhoods at Windsong Ranch in Prosper. It…

Tagged On Instagram: Remodeled Garland Home With Plenty of Upgrades

By Bethany Erickson | January 15, 2019 |

It’s no real secret — Realtors love Instagram. We do, too — it’s a great way to pique interest in a home, tell a story, and more. In fact, are you following us there? Because you probably should. This week’s Tuesday Two Hundred comes from Monument Realty, who tagged us last week to let us…

Seth Fowler: 2019 Predictions For Tarrant County Real Estate

By Seth Fowler | January 15, 2019 |

Before we look into the crystal ball for 2019, let’s take a quick look at the Bow Tie Realtor 2018 Tarrant County Predictions. Prediction No. 1: Median Sales Price Will Rise Correct Prediction — According to The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, the median sales price in 2017 for Tarrant County was approximately $217,000. …

Title Tip: Why You Don’t Have a Clear Title to Your Property

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | January 15, 2019 |

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor When you buy a home, don’t you get a guarantee of clear title? Well … no. Isn’t that why you buy a property through a title company and get title insurance? To get clear title? Not exactly. That’s not the phrase we like to use in the title business. Those…

First Turtle Creek Terrace Unit Hits Market After Lincoln Katy Trail Loss

By Jon Anderson | January 15, 2019 |

After a long and winding road, Lincoln Property’s proposed Lincoln Katy Trail project was denied by city council (I assume they will re-apply). That project would have replaced the Turtle Creek Terrace condo complex. Today, Turtle Creek Terrace unit #168, located at 3203 Carlisle – the intersection of Oak Lawn and Uptown – was listed.…

Does VisitDallas CEO Phillip Jones Live in Dallas or Southlake? (And About that Loan…)

By Candy Evans | January 15, 2019 |

A very good question: why does someone promoting Dallas, receiving almost a $700,000 salary funded by taxpayers to in fact promote Dallas, live and raise his family in Southlake? Well, Mr. Jones actually does live in Dallas at The House, by Philippe Starck, where he and his wife, Patricia, own a 1,487 square foot condo…