Arlington
It’s not just Dallas and northern suburbs where homes are notably appreciating and sales are “fly-off-the-market” fast. Arlington, Grand Prairie, and Mansfield showed substantial increases last month in both home prices and sales, according to a new report from the Arlington Board of Realtors. Arlington home sales increased 9 percent, Grand Prairie’s increased 9 percent, and Mansfield home sales increase a…
Read MoreAs former Rangers announcer Mark Holtz once announced at the beginning of every Rangers game: “It’s baseball time in Texas!” Yes, today is opening day for your Texas Rangers, who meet the Seattle Mariners at 3:05 p.m. today at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. It’s the first of 162 games for our home team, and…
Read MoreIn Texas, it’s all about jobs, jobs, jobs. A new report from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University says that the Texas economy gained 276,400 nonagricultural jobs from June 2014 to June 2015, an annual growth rate of 2.4 percent, compared with 2.1 percent for the United States. Many of the major metropolitan areas in…
Read MoreLet’s just say that this story by Robert Wilonsky has made my week. The 5,069-square-foot mansion at 2429 N. Cooper Street in Arlington was purchased just last year for $500,000 even. The contemporary home, built in 1973, has four bedrooms, four full and one half bath, three living areas, two dining areas, and a pool.…
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