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Sam Shao: Chinese Investors Are Drawn to The North Texas Market

By Dotty Griffith | February 7, 2017 |

Soaring real estate values in China have contributed to a serious investor’s market for property management in North Dallas and parts of the greater Dallas area. Local property management executive Sam Shao has leveraged his language skills — proficiency in both Mandarin and Cantonese as well as English — into a niche market for his firm, 31Realty.…

Eagle Ford School, Attended by The Infamous Bonnie Parker, is One Step Closer to Landmark Status

By Amanda Popken | February 7, 2017 |

On Monday, preservationists launched the process of designating the Eagle Ford School building as a historic landmark. If you’ve driven down Chalk Hill Road just south of Interstate 30, you may have wondered about the rather small, oddly out-of-place concrete building, brightly colored with lavish details at the entry. Above the front entrance is inscribed…

Keeping it in The Family: Nick Nordman Joins Ebby Halliday Realtors

By Heather Hunter | February 7, 2017 |

Realtor Nick Nordman, a top producer serving North Texas for over 15 years, has joined Ebby Halliday Realtors in the Plano/Willow Bend office. With approximately $25 million in annual sales, Nordman focuses his expertise on Allen, Dallas, Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Prosper, Southlake, Carrollton, Little Elm, Celina, and Cedar Creek Lake. Nordman’s drive for success and…

Stunning Bud Oglesby Townhome in Heart of Oak Lawn Is a Midcentury Modern Dream

By Leah Shafer | February 7, 2017 |

Bud Oglesby’s architectural work is a Dallas treasure, and we have lots of it. Today’s Tuesday Two Hundred is a Oglesby-designed townhome in the heart of the Oak Lawn neighborhood. Located at 2727 Hood St. Apt. 107, this townhome is a midcentury modern masterpiece, built in 1964 and extensively updated in a way that adds to…

Dallas Designer Dishes on Decorating with Pantone’s Color of Year: Greenery

By Cherry Kelln | February 6, 2017 |

Fresh, energizing, and reviving — just the description of what the world needs now, even if only in the form of the Pantone Color of the Year. The color Greenery serves as a symbol of new beginnings, springtime, flourishing foliage, and a renewed abundance of beauty in nature.

The Mortgage Report: Trump’s Order Reining in Dodd-Frank Could Make Home Lending Easier

By Joanna England | February 6, 2017 |

Just this past week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that loosened lending restrictions instituted by Dodd-Frank. How will this, combined with the Fed’s recent uptick in interest rates, affect mortgages? Bob Johnson (AKA BobMortgage) shares his opinion in today’s Mortgage Report. You may know him as Bob Johnson, the senior mortgage advisor at Wallick & Volk,…