Dallas real estate news

Millennials Don’t Want Your Big Houses, Unless They Do

By Bethany Erickson / July 8, 2019 /

It started as a drumbeat last March, as Candace Taylor of the Wall Street Journal wrote that Baby Boomers who built million-dollar, large homes, suddenly were finding it difficult to unload them because Millennial buyers (the next market of age to buy a home after Gen Xers) were disinterested in (or couldn’t afford) the homes.…

Banda Group Bolts to Clay Stapp+ Co.

By Joshua Baethge / July 8, 2019 /

Bucking the trend of many agents these days, sisters Mabel and Belinda Banda recently left Compass Real Estate to join Clay Stapp+ Co.  They made the move in late June. “I started off in a smaller brokerage and then went to more of a corporate setting,” Mabel Banda said. “I just realized that a boutique…

Purplebricks Hits the Bricks, Leaves U.S. Market

By Bethany Erickson / July 8, 2019 /

Flat-fee brokerage Purplebricks pulls out of the U.S. market, we have May housing numbers for Texas, and we find out what Dallas-Fort Worth town was named to a list of the 34 richest towns in the U.S. – all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Purplebricks Hits the Bricks, Leaves U.S. Market Less than…

Midway Hollow Modern on Corner Lot Has Plenty of Perfect Details

By Bethany Erickson / July 7, 2019 /

When Brian Karr of Holz & Stein Custom Homes first started his latest build to hit the market in Midway Hollow, I lived just down the street.  So when I had the chance to walk the previous home with him, and then look at the plans for his new build, I took him up on…

Completely Renovated Midcentury Cottage Near Downtown Garland

By Bethany Erickson / July 6, 2019 /

When we look for that magical turnkey home in the $100,000 to $199,999 price point for the Weekend One Hundred, sometimes it’s like searching for a unicorn. But today’s property is not only turnkey, it’s close to downtown Garland in the established neighborhood of Park Groves. Yes, this Midcentury Cottage is a three-bedroom, one bath,…