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Within West Plano, many neighborhoods are highly attractive to buyers, offering superior schools, proximity to many corporate headquarters, and beautiful houses. The Willow Bend area, which includes several adjacent neighborhoods, is a high-end part of West Plano where spacious, elegant houses with wonderful amenities are the rule, not the exception. In today’ Splurge vs Steal, we’re…
When we “feel like just a number,” we’re really just reflecting our uniqueness being ignored. We’ve long known we’re just a number to taxing bodies like DCAD … albeit one with a dollar sign in front. But recently, I’ve found we’re a percentage, too. In valuing property, DCAD calculates the total market value based on…
In this week’s Mortgage Report, our most-trusted mortgage expert gives you a peek behind the curtain — how exactly can you determine when it’s an auspicious time to lock in a mortgage rate. Bob Johnson (AKA BobMortgage) gives us a primer on how to read those often confusing economic charts, specifically the 100-day and 25-day…
Real estate doesn’t get much hotter than this modern French eclectic in University Park built by CandysDirt.com Approved Builder Robert Elliot Custom Homes. Ty Vaughn with The Associates Real Estate Brokerage has quietly, and privately, put 3307 Bryn Mawr on the market for $3.995 million. So, you, our dear readers, are the first to know…
The Isaac Heffron House, a two-story Victorian in the East End Historic District of Galveston, has seen a lot since it was built in 1890 — thanks in part to the occupants who called it home over the years. Isaac Heffron immigrated to the U.S. from Wales and settled in Galveston in 1860. He worked…
In spite of what some readers may have inferred from the bulk of my posts, I don’t have a bias against modernism. It’s just that it can be oh so serious, or worse, oh so silly. Or cold. A 1976 build at 5535 El Campo has everything we love about modern domestic architecture — a…
