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University Heights Tudor Almost Too Good to be True for a Cool $2 Million

By Candy Evans | December 19, 2014 |

Our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week has everything. And what it doesn’t have, you can easy add or transition in. It’s located on a great street in University Park, a hefty, deep lot, and it comes in at a cool $2 million. I’m talking about you, 3416 Wentwood. She was built in 2001, about…

On SecondShelters: Company Captures Estates in Custom Books

By Joanna England | December 18, 2014 |

Beauty seems so fleeting at times. Wouldn’t it be great to capture a moment, your home’s moment, in a book that you could share and hold on to for generations? Read more about the company that can do it — for a price, of course. That’s what Jane Stieren and Bill Lacy did for their Bandera…

At Home on The Page: Couple Crafts Compendiums Chronicling Exceptional Estates

By Joanna England | December 18, 2014 |

It’s true that buying a piece of land is like a long-term relationship. The buildings on it may change, as well as the owners, and after many years you are left with something beautiful but different. Haven’t you ever wanted to capture the history and essence of a home or ranch at one point in…

Dallas Poised to Attract Baby Boomer Homebuyers with Affordable Housing, Business Climate

By Leah Shafer | December 18, 2014 |

Dallas is one of 15 top markets poised to attract baby boomer homebuyers because of an affordable cost of living, sunny weather, and friendly business climate, according to new research by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR looked at 100 metro areas with lower state taxes (or none at all, as is the case…

Texas Suburbs Dominate RealtyTrac’s List of Towns on Santa’s ‘Nice’ List

By Joanna England | December 18, 2014 |

Let’s just say that we aren’t surprised that Santa’s Naughty – or – Nice list from RealtyTrac featured tons of Texas towns on the nice side — and we checked it twice! Highest ranked of all the Texas suburbs in third place is the south Houston town of Pearland, better known to Texans as the home of…

High Caliber Home of the Week: Another Amazing Unit in The Beat Condos

By Joanna England | December 18, 2014 |

I’m going to predict 2015 as the year of the condo. You can quote me on this. I think that, with so many cool projects — both mixed use and residential only — planned and coming on line next year, you’ll see a much more robust condo market. That’s good for Dallas, a city that…