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Did You Win Our Lakewood Home Festival Ticket Giveaway?

By Joanna England | October 28, 2013 |

You did if your name is Pat Coble or Ginny Booth! Congratulations to our winners, who each win a pair of tickets to the Lakewood Home Festival Nov. 9 and 10. They get two tickets to the home tour featuring some amazing houses throughout Lakewood. Didn’t win? Don’t fret! You can still score tickets to…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Meet the New Generation Spec House — so Custom, so Versatile, so Fresh!

By Candy Evans | October 28, 2013 |

My newest mantra: “a potty by every back door”. I have so much real estate news for you I am am about to burst. This Angel Baby over on Stichter caught my heart about a week ago, and I have been hankering for the photos ever since. Well, now I’ve got them. This is the…

In Texas, Housing Shortages Driving Up Prices, Starting Bidding Wars, but Trulia "Bubble Watch" Shows Texas Metro Areas as "Overvalued"

By Joanna England | October 28, 2013 |

I know “housing shortage” should sound very ominous, but really, we should be celebrating! Thanks to a growing job market, Texas is adding more workers faster than it can build housing for them. According to this story in Bloomberg News, there are bidding wars all over Texas, with some sellers turning down cash offers that…

Mis-Pricing a Home: One Agent's View – It Costs $95,235 per Transaction on a $907,000 Home (?)

By Candy Evans | October 28, 2013 |

A refigured Real Estate Fun Fact from Kyle Rovinsky: In 75230 zip (North Dallas) for all transactions 4 bedroom+ on lots .3 acre+, (total of 229 transactions), houses on the market 30 days or less sold for an average of 98% sale price to list price. Houses on the market 45 days or longer sold…

Eureka! The DBJ's Candace Carlisle Has Discovered Something: Dallas Folks are Selling Multi Million Dollar Homes Outside of the MLS

By Candy Evans | October 28, 2013 |

I don’t know if you get the Dallas Business Journal or not, but as of late (like ever since I started this blog,) they have been tinkering with residential real estate. Tinkering I say because like most media outlets, the poor journalists have to cover about five different subject areas and mop the bathrooms after…

Dreaming of Your Getaway? Check Out This Amazing Home (And Many Others) on SecondShelters.com

By Joanna England | October 25, 2013 |

Over on SecondShelters.com we’re absolutely startstruck by this amazing Squaw Valley estate that has its own view of the heavens. This home is so slick it even has a greenhouse so you can enjoy fresh vegetables even when it’s a blizzard outside. Find out more about this amazing home, and many other great second homes,…