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Daylon Pereira Latest Agent to Join Compass

By Joshua Baethge | June 8, 2018 |

  Daylon Pereira said he would never leave Allie Beth Allman and Associates unless he was going to start his own brokerage.  Then representatives from Compass Real Estate came calling, and everything changed. “It was a pretty sudden sort of a deal,” Pereira said. “Though it was difficult to leave Allie Beth after seven years,…

Alexa, Turn Around This Lousy Day

By Shelby Skrhak | June 8, 2018 |

“What am I doing wrong in this world,” my husband asked, walking out the door one Monday morning, a lousy day that began wrong right from the start. Blasting us awake, Livin’ on a Prayer streamed loudly on our Amazon Echo Dot that we use as our alarm clock. Though we’re an Amazon-enabled home with…

Forney Historic House Represented by Ebby Halliday Realtors on 2.3 Acres

By Candy Evans | June 8, 2018 |

Only 22 miles east of Dallas, turn back time and find an utterly charmed, turn-of-the-century Forney historic home. Sitting on 2.337 acres with big shade trees and lots of landscaping, it has original features married beautifully to more recent updates. Very few of these grand historic homes remain in Texas, especially in such pristine condition. Located at 303 S. Center…

Terrific Tudor in Hollywood Heights Could Be Yours For $485K

By Amy Puchaty | June 8, 2018 |

You are not going to believe the upgrades and architectural features in this Hollywood Heights Tudor! Here are three reasons you should stop what you’re doing right now and call your agent to schedule a tour of this week’s Friday Four Hundred.

Numbers Up in the Cayman Islands; Residences at Seafire Lead the Way

By Valerie Jarvie | June 8, 2018 |

Good news for Cayman Islands vacation homeowners this year: Tourism numbers are up and, with that, real estate sales. A recent independent report singled out the sales launch of luxury condominiums affiliated with the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa on Grand Cayman as representing a significant amount of the luxury condominiums sold. We’ve been following the…

Study Reveals Effects of Latest HUD Assistance Policy Proposals

By Jon Anderson | June 8, 2018 |

Being poor is no picnic in a thousand little ways. People give the poor grief for using food stamps to buy junk food and sugary drinks. And now, a study using data from the New York State Department of Health hints at a partial reason: Food manufacturers know food stamps are issued monthly and typically…