COVID-19

As If We Needed Another Reason to Move Out to a Lake House Right Now

By Elaine Raffel / April 10, 2020 /

Sale of this totally renovated Cedar Creek Lake House will benefit Dwell with Dignity.

Breaking: NAR Gets More Deadline Relief on 1031 Exchanges, Opportunity Zones

By Candy Evans / April 10, 2020 /

Just in from the National Association of Realtors: The IRS issued guidance Thursday evening to grant deadline relief for both 1031 like-kind exchanges and opportunity zone investments that are already underway.  Both of these programs are designed to promote economic growth in communities, and NAR made the case that investors in these programs should not be harmed due to…

How Texas Assoc. of Realtors’ New COVID-19 Addendum Helps Buyers, Sellers Closing Right Now

By Cassie Evans, J.D. / April 9, 2020 /

Negotiating real estate contracts in the middle of a global pandemic has never been so nebulous. Thankfully a Texas Association of Realtors’ COVID-19 Addendum is helping smooth the process. I had a closing set for the end of March 2020 — in the midst of a city-wide mandated “Stay-at-Home” Order. I represented the residential purchasers,…

Doctor on The Coronavirus Front Line: Will Dallas-Fort Worth Stay Home For Me?

By Candy Evans / April 9, 2020 /

We know the real estate community is squeezed by what we have to do to stop the spread of the pandemic of coronavirus. But thank God we have technology, right? We have been in quarantine now for two weeks or more I’ve lost count. We have way more to go. It’s a huge inconvenience: I…

Brand New East Kessler Castle On The Hill Ready For Renters

By April Towery / April 8, 2020 /

Social distancing should be no problem at all in a six-bedroom, five-and-one-half bathroom mansion in East Kessler.  The home at 733 Evergreen Hills Drive has an open layout across almost 6,000 square feet and sits on a quarter-acre lot.  The Contemporary/Modern home was built last year by Adrian Cole’s firm, 419 Builders, but it seems…