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The unprecedented growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market is buoying one local brokerage, which in turn is reinvesting in offices and agents. Ebby Halliday is one of the largest and most dynamic brokerages in North Texas with 31 offices, over 1,800 agents, and 12 percent of the market. “We just had a fine…
Last week the Urban Land Institute (ULI) had their fall conference in Dallas. Columnist Amanda Popken already wrote about her experience. I generally feel the same way about conference sessions as I did seeing my first Jackson Pollock, “I could’ve done that.” The main difference being that in both examples, I didn’t. You see, conventions…
An architecturally correct, head-to-toe restoration one block from Strait Lane? Check. Smooth transitional contemporary design? Check. Proximity to The Hockaday School? Check. A sweeping ground-floor floor plan in a park-like setting with a huge Zen master bedroom in a different zone of the house from the kids’ separate wing? Got it. Add in a greenbelt,…
Kings Highway is practically unrecognizable from a decade ago. A historic conservation district in North Oak Cliff that borders Winnetka Heights and the greater Kessler Park area, it’s a treasure trove of old homes, and those diamonds were pretty rough a while back. But as people saw the value in these older, well-built Craftsman and…
NEWS FLASH: Home prices are going up in Fort Worth. I know that’s a shock to many who think that Cowtown is a quiet and sleepy little suburb of Big D, but just like everywhere in the DFW Metroplex, buyers are finding it harder and harder to find the right home to fit their needs…
Last week, about 7,000 real estate execs were in North Texas for the Urban Land Institute’s fall conference, a very big industry deal. Top of the talk was why so many corporations were moving to Texas. “We decided this was a great place — it’s got all the right stuff,” David Arena, head of global…
