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That Next Truck Stop Could Be Your Dream House

By Mimi Perez | June 29, 2022 |

Remember that last family road trip where everyone in the car got a case of jimmy legs at the same time? Yes, they went to the bathroom before you left but now, everyone was at a 10 on the pee-pee scale and you had no choice but to pull into the dreaded truck stop. Yeah,…

Fort Worth-Based Architects, H-E-B, And Butt Family to Donate New Elementary School to Uvalde

By CandysDirt | June 28, 2022 |

From Staff Reports Huckabee, a Fort Worth-based architecture firm that specializes in designing public schools, has committed to designing a new elementary school free of charge for Uvalde in the wake of the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary that killed 19 children and two teachers. H-E-B and the Butt Family will donate $10…

Plano’s First Guaranty Mortgage Lays Off 75 Percent of Workforce Citing ‘Adverse Market’

By Joanna England | June 28, 2022 |

On June 24, Plano lender First Guaranty Mortgage notified more than 400 of its employees during a virtual call that they no longer had jobs at the company. According to the company’s WARN Act filing with the Texas Workforce Commission, the mass layoff was the result of “significant operating losses and cash flow challenges due…

In a Shifting Market, This Broker Hyperfocuses on Giving Agents a Playbook

By Candy Evans | June 28, 2022 |

Last week, the Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel at Las Colinas overflowed with real estate talk from the parking lot to the ladies’ room. More than a thousand brokers and agents, exclusively from JPAR Real Estate, were hand-selected to learn from renowned real estate coach Tom Ferry. Showcasing his exclusive “The Shifting Market Playbook,” Ferry gave agents a step-by-step blueprint to successfully…

Is The Fort Worth Real Estate Market Headed For a Slowdown?

By Seth Fowler | June 28, 2022 |

This week we will take a break from highlighting new and exciting homes in Tarrant County and focus on the question everyone wants to be answered: “Is the real estate market slowing down?” First of all — RELAX. No, we are not seeing a crash in the housing market. No, we are not headed for…

Mountain Homes in Ouray, Colorado: Splurge or Steal?

By Mary Cate Long | June 28, 2022 |

Ouray is a charming mountain town in southwest Colorado with scenic Rocky Mountain views, hot springs, and a historic downtown. Just on the other side of a towering ridge of San Juan Mountains peaks, Ouray shares the very same stunning scenery, though perhaps less of the media and celebrity attention that Telluride is known to…