Dallas real estate news

RealPage Dinged by FTC for Misidentifying Housing Applicants as Criminals

By Shelby Skrhak / October 18, 2018 /

It’s a problem that people with common last names face often: being mistaken for another with the same name and birthdate. But Richardson-based RealPage, which provides tenant screening information to landlords and property managers, ran into trouble when the FTC found their tenant screening software misidentified potential renters as criminals, who then were turned down…

Bess Dickson Excited to be at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s

By Joshua Baethge / October 18, 2018 /

  Bess Dickson said she was excited to go to Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s because it gave her the best tools and opportunities to serve her clients. She recently started there after spending the past two years at Texas Urban Living Realty. Before that she was at Dallas City Center Realtors for several years. “Briggs Freeman…

Hit These Gorgeous Lake Highlands Open Houses This Weekend

By Bethany Erickson / October 18, 2018 /

Lake Highlands is sought after — that’s no revelation. So when we found three homes in three different price points that all have open houses this week, we knew we hit the jackpot for our CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week. This week, our houses range in price from $489,000 to $1.175 million. Which ones…

Updated Midcentury Ranch Corners the Market For The Perfect First Home

By Bethany Erickson / October 18, 2018 /

When you’re a young family, you look for certain things in your first home — and first and foremost, you’re probably going to be looking for the home that can give you the most bang for your buck. It’s one of the reason we bring our readers regular features like the Tuesday Two Hundred and…

Renters Won’t Budge on Price and Location According to Apartment Guide Report

By Joanna England / October 18, 2018 /

After some North Texans sell their homes, a significant portion of them rent in the interim before finding their next one. Couple that with the Pew Research Center study alleging that the population of apartment dwellers is growing by leaps, with a 5 percent increase in the last decade — the highest in 50 years.…