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Trend Report: Realtors Use Home Staging Sell Homes Faster, Make More Money

By Candy Evans | January 18, 2018 |

We all know a staged home looks better than an empty or cluttered one — that’s a no-brainer. But did you know a staged home often sells faster, and for more money? It’s why we’re seeing Realtors reaching into their own pockets to pay for home staging to help a property move fast.  I reached…

Browne-Douglas Group Forges Partnership Poised For Growth in Allen

By Joanna England | January 18, 2018 |

Our readers will recognize Cathy Browne as the record-setting Allen Realtor that has dominated this Collin County ‘burb for years. But now she’s setting her sights on new territory. Part of her winning strategy to stay on top now includes another top-producing agent, as Browne and Beth Douglas have joined forces to create the Browne-Douglas…

On SecondShelters.com: Bestselling Author’s Brooklyn Digs Are a Book Lover’s Dream

By Joanna England | January 18, 2018 |

Nestled on a picturesque, tree-lined street in Boerum Hill – a relaxed village in the northwestern portion of Brooklyn, New York – rests an incredibly chic, Greek Revival brownstone that is a book lover’s dream, and it could be yours to the tune of $8.995 million. “This is one of the single largest homes that…

Frank Welch Honored with Inaugural Memorial Lecture by Architect Ted Flato

By Leah Shafer | January 18, 2018 |

Known as the dean of Texas architecture, Frank Welch was a prolific and imminently talented architect who spent a half century designing schools, churches, commercial buildings, and homes in Dallas, Midland, and Odessa.  Welch died last June at the age of 90 and the Dallas Architecture Forum has established the Frank Welch Memorial Lecture to be…

BEFORE AND AFTER: Behold the Power of this Richardson Reno to Attract Buyers

By Leah Shafer | January 18, 2018 |

We love a good before-and-after real estate success story and we’ve found one that shines in Richardson.  The 1975 home at 1706 Yorkshire Dr. went from outdated to outstanding, getting 37 showings and four offers, one of which was chosen yesterday for over-list. That’s just one reason it is our Thursday Three Hundred.  This flip is…

How Will New Federal Income Tax Laws About Property Tax Deductions Affect a TRE?

By Bethany Erickson | January 17, 2018 |

It’s a drum several Dallas ISD trustees have been beating for a while — a Tax Ratification Election that would allow the district to increase services and programs at dozens of at-risk schools with the money raised by increasing property taxes rates. But they’ve yet to get it on the ballot.