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I call dibs on the couches! Look at those beauties! Seriously, this is a not-to-be-missed estate sale in Northwood Hills, folks. Just from glancing at the photos on the Janelle Stone Estate Services website, I can see that there are tons of great antiques and furnishings on offer in the estate of Alice Snavely, personal…
I call dibs on the couches! Look at those beauties! Seriously, this is a not-to-be-missed estate sale in Northwood Hills, folks. Just from glancing at the photos on the Janelle Stone Estate Services website, I can see that there are tons of great antiques and furnishings on offer in the estate of Alice Snavely, personal…
Horse people are an efficient bunch. As a rule, we are much more concerned with the “creature comforts” for our animals than ourselves. Searching for property, the land is way more important than the house, and I’m repeatedly asked by clients to find them a “tiny house on a big piece of land.” And, quite frankly, we…
OK, so we know our market is hot and inventory is down to less than a three month supply. According to Case Shiller, Dallas home prices rose 9.9 percent from November 2012 to November 2013. So why hasn’t 3311 Blackburn #220, the Colonade at Turtle Creek, sold? It is PRECIOUS! This happens to be owned…
Talk about an eye-opener. This story from the Atlantic’s Jordan Weissman takes a look at a recent study from the U.S. Department of Education analyzing where a group of 27-year-olds are today. The study found that today’s 27 year olds are educated, in debt, and living with their parents. To us, the most interesting finding…
First-time homebuyers are finding it harder and harder to get into their dream home.
The National Association of Realtors said that first-time homebuyers make up only 28 percent of the national housing market in a Jan. 28 new story, the lowest number since the organization started measuring the demographic in 2008. According to the NAR, first-time homebuyers typically make up about 40 percent of the market, but several factors are keeping them from purchasing a home, including higher competition for lower priced properties, which are being swept up by investors at increasingly high rates.
