Dallas real estate news

Title Tip: What Do Title Companies and Escrow Officers Do?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 9, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Officially, a title company in Texas is referred to as Title Agent or Title Agency. They are responsible to and answer to a lot of folks – mortgage companies, real estate agents, buyers, sellers, brokers, underwriters, etc. Most notably, they follow the Texas Department of Insurance rules and regulations meticulously.…

PD-15: More Baseless Anti-Development Propaganda From Towers

By Jon Anderson / October 9, 2018 /

Sheesh, I can’t leave town for a minute before the woodwork erupts with another in the continuing stream of faulty logic and lies thrown against the Pink Wall to see what sticks. Last week, Athena representative Barbara Dewberry continued the towers’ unending salvo of scare tactics and misinformation targeting the other committee members and city…

Dallas Seeks Business and Resident Input on Economic Development

By CandysDirt / October 8, 2018 /

Want to provide the city of Dallas with input regarding a comprehensive strategic economic development plan? Now is your chance. The city rolled out two separate surveys — one for businesses, and one for residents — that will help determine how the city approaches its economy in the future, including how it can improve Dallas’…

Real Estate News: Dallas-Fort Worth Sees Inventory Hike in September

By Bethany Erickson / October 8, 2018 /

Dallas-Fort Worth housing inventory is increasing, which could be good news for buyers, and three separate cities placed at the top of two different growth charts. We’ll explain in this week’s roundup of real estate news. DALLAS HOUSING INVENTORY INCREASES IN SEPTEMBER National housing inventory is starting to flatten, Realtor.com’s September housing report revealed, declining…

On SecondShelters.com: Philip Johnson’s Livable Glass House Available For $7.7M

By Amy Puchaty / October 8, 2018 /

Architecture buffs may want to pull out the pocket books for this one. A rare “livable version” of Philip Johnson’s Glass House just hit the market for $7.7 million and includes the 1953-built Alice Ball House, plus a modern design complement by renowned architect Reja Bakh. The iconic beauty sits on 2.2 heavily wooded acres…