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With The Byron Nelson, Cowboys Pulling Up Stakes in Las Colinas, Will Irving Lose Its Lustre With Luxury Buyers?

By Joanna England / August 15, 2013 /

Will the horses of Las Colinas keep charging without the Cowboys there? Poor, Beth Van Duyne! First the Byron Nelson announced that it will be relocating, and now the Cowboys are pulling up stakes from their Valley Ranch training facility and heading for Frisco. The Irving mayor must be having fits! Of course, what we…

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Would You Buy a House With a Four-Car Garage? Coldwell Banker Poll Shows Most Home Buyers Prefer Three or Two Covered Spaces

By Joanna England / July 8, 2013 /

When my inlaws built their custom home, they chose a three-car garage so that they could park both of their cars indoors and have an extra area for my father-in-law’s wood shop. His new HOA didn’t allow sheds and out-buildings, so if he wanted to have a place for power tools a la Tim Taylor,…

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Friday Five Hundred: This Perry Heights Three Bedroom Will Sweep You Off Your Feet

By Joanna England / June 29, 2012 /

I was just cruising MLS, minding my own business, and BAM … I ran into 4303 Rawlins, a listing from the adorable Jory Walker of Coldwell Banker Apex Realtors, and my search was over. I had to show you, dear readers, just how gorgeous this home is.

I’ve told you how I feel about Tudors. Folks, this is the Anti-Tudor. This is the Tudor to end all Tudors. This Tudor will knock your socks off, sweep you off your feet, and light a fire in your escrow account.

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Coldwell Banker Analyzes The State of Residential Real Estate “By The Numbers,” And Finds People Looking For Homes in Texas

By Joanna England / June 12, 2012 /

Journalists are notorious for being bad with numbers. I won’t lie — I got a C in calculus and I was so proud of it. But that’s not to say I can’t appreciate data and statistics (I aced statistics, by the way!).

That’s why I love this idea from Coldwell Banker’s Blue Matter blog, which breaks down trends inside the homebuying process. This month, Coldwell Banker statistician Weiman Dong and COO Budge Husky take a gander at data for the month of May on the Coldwell Banker website and come up with some interesting results.

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Do QR Codes Really Make a Difference When Marketing a Property?

By Joanna England / April 20, 2012 /

Blah, blah, blah — insert something snarky about the CueCat — blah, blah. When it comes to QR (quick response) codes, I have to agree with this Phoenix Realtor: QR codes are not going to drastically change how Realtors market properties. The Internet already did that, so I can’t imagine a little pixelated box is going…

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