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By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor Our weekly piece is back after a short hiatus, and the timing couldn’t be better. Markets have lost their minds and inflation, the Fed, and mortgage rates seem upside down. As rough as things seem, the consensus remains that improvement is coming. Markets also have a way of turning…
On the edge of Oak Cliff there’s a little cove of homes set on rolling hills. Most are Craftsman style, a few are shotgun-style homes, and then every so often there’s a gem like this one. This Oak Cliff home was built in 1963, so just beyond the purest category of Midcentury, but still well…
As a three-hour briefing on short-term rentals concluded last week, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax promised that staff would issue a professional recommendation — a measure several council members said wasn’t necessary ahead of a June 14 vote. We’ve got the memo, published below in its entirety. But first, here’s what could go down at…
Looking for the dream lake home or lot to build? You have more choices as summer approaches. Lake Homes Realty’s new Summer 2023 Lake Real Estate Market Report shows 73,925 lake properties are on the market, up from 70,805 in spring. All 34 states that Lake Homes Realty operates in showed increases except three: Massachusetts and…
What’s the first thing you do when moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth area? You start to research neighborhoods. If you’re digging, you may come across a great online review like this one on the Avignon Windhaven neighborhood. Avignon is a nice, quiet neighborhood in the far northwest area of Plano. The HOA for this neighborhood…
‘It’s The Right Thing to Do’: District 3 Councilman Zarin Gracey Aims to Bring Hope to The Horseshoe
“You gotta have faith” to bridge the gaps created by years of underserved communities in southwest Dallas says Zarin Gracey, the high-energy, newly elected District 3 Dallas City Council representative. And he might just be the man for the job. Gracey spent 15 years wearing about a dozen different hats at Dallas City Hall then retired…
