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Update 2015: The Metroplex of the Future by Keller Williams Regional Luxury Real Estate

By Candy Evans | October 15, 2015 |

What will you be selling in the next three years? Is our market headed up or down? Thanks to a bevy of wonderful sponsors, Dallas luxury real estate agents will be treated to a panel discussion featuring two local heavy-hitters – Scott Johnson of the Texas Economic Development Corporation in Frisco  & Tierney Kaufman from the…

Property Tax “Postlets” Are Out, but Only For Non-Homestead Exempted Properties

By Candy Evans | October 15, 2015 |

Comes word from our on-staff Tax Doctor, Rob Wheelock, of Property Tax Managers, that it’s that time of the year AGAIN: property tax appraisals. 2015 Property Tax Statements are usually mailed out starting the first week of October, and they have been for all non-homesteaded properties. But the Dallas County Appraisal District is holding back…

Dallas Real Estate Casting Call: Yours, Mine or OURS?

By Candy Evans | October 15, 2015 |

My God, have these people never heard of War of the Roses, that classic Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner movie where the sparring couple lives in the same house because neither wants to give it up in their divorce? My fave scene was when Oliver Rose urinated on the fresh fish his ex Barbara was sauteing for…

Forget Manhattan: Investors See More Potential in Dallas Real Estate

By Joanna England | October 14, 2015 |

Even Austin can’t beat Dallas real estate when it comes to investors, and we know how crazy that market is. But it seems as if real estate has lost its luster in larger “gateway” cities such as NYC, Chicago, and D.C. according to a survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute. They asked 1,500…

Jan Showers’ Timeless, Modern Interiors Offer Glamour Without Pretense

By Elaine Raffel | October 14, 2015 |

One of the best-known names in the Dallas interior design community is Jan Showers. Her aesthetic of “glamour without pretense,” as Veranda magazine dubbed it, is sumptuous and refined, an impeccable marriage of elegance and function. During regular trips to London, New York, Paris, and Venice, she scouts genteel antiques for her showroom in the Dallas…

Dallas City Center Realtors Can Tell You How to Get to Sesame Street

By Joanna England | October 14, 2015 |

It’s a question we’ve asked all our lives, us Millennials: “Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?” Kevin Caskey and Bill Clarkson can, though it’s not the bright-colored row houses of our childhoods. Instead, it’s a sleek and sophisticated updated ranch at 11219 Sesame St. in Royal Highlands. Caskey, director at Dallas City…