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Will Avocado Toast Be The Millenial Homebuying Waterloo?

By Bethany Erickson | June 26, 2017 |

It was the sternly worded lecture heard ‘round the Millennial world — give up avocado toast if you want to buy a house. And almost as soon as Australian real estate developer Tim Gurner’s words trilled over the airwaves, the debate began: Was it really a matter of just not being frugal and smart, or…

The Mortgage Report: Mortgage Bond Run Up Could Lower Interest Rates

By Joanna England | June 26, 2017 |

Mortgage bonds are positioned to make a run up, which would lower interest rates. Will bonds remain above the 25-day and 200-day Moving Averages? What is the impact on mortgage rates?. Which way will they go? Bob Johnson (AKA BobMortgage) shares his position in today’s Mortgage Report. You may know him as Bob Johnson, the senior mortgage advisor at Wallick & Volk, the…

Rogers-Ford Masterpiece in Los Arboles is Easy on the Eye

By Karen Eubank | June 26, 2017 |

If you love the privacy and security afforded by a gated community you’d be hard pressed to find anything that comes close to this Rogers-Ford masterpiece at 3 Robledo Drive in the Los Arboles neighborhood.

A Spirited Realtor: Tequila Empresaria Sheela Marshall

By Valerie Jarvie | June 26, 2017 |

  What’s the connection between Tequila Sheela and the real estate business? Every real estate agent has a bit of an entrepreneur in them. By its nature, real estate sales work requires initiative, nimble problem-solving, and often innovative thinking to get deals done. Realtor Sheela Marshall has taken her entrepreneurial inclination even further, developing a…

Merriman Park Estates Tree House Hits a Remodel Home Run

By Karen Eubank | June 24, 2017 |

Our Saturday Six Hundred, at 6903 Sedgwick Drive in Merriman Park Estates, is built around a tree, and there’s something magical about it. It’s almost as if the tree imparts a protective spirit over the home. Think about it for a moment — the builder made sure the tree survived. He had a heart for…

Sweating by the Oldie: Valley View Gives Way to Beck’s Dallas Midtown

By Jon Anderson | June 23, 2017 |

A hot, sweaty Friday groundbreaking seemed the perfect bookend to Dallas Midtown’s four years of sweating through politics and planning. It’s not that the city didn’t want it — heck, the renderings and plans are a wonderful and productive reimagining of what had become another tumbledown mall unable to compete in today’s retail environment.  Given…