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Preston Hollow Estate Fit for a Modern Royal Family and Staged to Perfection

By Karen Eubank | August 28, 2017 |

This Preston Hollow estate looks exactly like what I imagine Prince William and Kate would choose if they moved to Dallas. It has all the beauty and elegance of a modern-day castle while remaining family friendly. That’s a hard combination to get right, but builder Joe Kain always gets it right. Kain was brought on board…

The Mortgage Report: Will Climbing Mortgage-Backed Securities Bring Down Rates?

By Joanna England | August 28, 2017 |

Mortgage-backed securities are trading at the top of the range, says BobMortgage, and we have a busy economic calendar this week. Will MBSs break above the resistance level and establish a new upward trend leading to lower rates? In this week’s Mortgage Report, BobMortgage sares why rate breakouts are the exception, not the rule, and what that…

Total Destruction: What Will Hurricane Harvey do to the Houston Real Estate Market?

By Candy Evans | August 28, 2017 |

We begin our week by telling friends and relatives in South Texas how very, very sorry we are for the destruction they are experiencing. Harvey the Horrible is filling Houston with water. Five deaths have been reported. More than 1,000 people have been rescued from the flooding while the city of Houston has responded to…

With Custom Everything, this Preston Tower Condo is a See-to-Believe Wonder

By Heather Hunter | August 26, 2017 |

A high-rise condo with custom everything that’s priced well under a million? You’re not dreaming. Rub your eyes, folks and take a gander at this week’s Saturday Eight Hundred. This Preston Tower condo, made up of four single units, is the largest in the building. It comprises three bedrooms and three full and one half…

Classic Style with Modern Updates on Classic Colonial Parkway

By Eric Prokesh | August 25, 2017 |

Are you prepared to be seduced? Are you prepared, in spite of yourself , to fall in love with traditional all over again? This sweet, siren domicile is splendidly situated across from Colonial Country Club, with a coveted golf course view at 2409 Colonial Parkway. I tried to find fault with this house and the…

Hot in The City, Hot in The City Tonight: A Wake-Up Call For Dallas

By Jon Anderson | August 25, 2017 |

The Texas Trees Foundation, in conjunction with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Urban Climate Lab, recently released a report on Dallas’ susceptibility to increased heat and ways to mitigate the impacts.  Titled, Dallas 2017: Urban Heat Management Study, it details the current expectations surrounding heat and climate change. But while most numbers you read about…