Dallas real estate news

Trump Cancels Mortgage Premium Cut: Will DFW Feel the Pain?

By Heather Hunter / January 25, 2017 /

On Friday afternoon, just hours after swearing in, President Donald Trump suspended a Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgage premium rate cut issued by former President Barack Obama earlier in the month. The quarter-point cut would have taken effect on January 27. An FHA loan, with its low down payment and less stringent credit score requirements,…

Meet the Dave Perry-Miller Streiff Group: Nine Agents Strong and Growing!

By Candy Evans / January 24, 2017 /

Nine agents thus far, and by the time you read this, there may be TEN! This past summer, in-between saving and remodeling his historic estate, Waverley Hill, in Staunton, Virgina, Dave Perry-Miller and Ryan Streiff were up to something else. Together, they formed the Perry-Miller Streiff Group of eleven power house agents & dedicated support…

Mayor Rawlings Files Lawsuit to Stop Police & Fire Pension System Bleeding: Bad for Our Real Estate Market?

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2016 /

How badly has our real estate market been harmed by this news? Why did he wait until now, or was Rawlings’ timing impeccable? The news about Dallas’s Police and Fire Pension System goes from bad to worse. And it continues to be negative national news that could potentially hurt our housing market. In particular, the…

Is the Walt Humann Fair Park Deal Being Rethought? (Or Dumped?)

By Candy Evans / September 29, 2016 /

My tip came in last week, this is what I was told by an anonymous source: “The city attorney’s office is now telling Mayor Rawlings that the Humann plan won’t fly, that they were wrong, and they do need to open the bid up to RFPs.” As a blogger, I guess I could have published…

Joe Atkins Opens Second Real Estate Office in Bishop Arts on West Eighth

By Candy Evans / September 8, 2016 /

It may have been back in July, July 28 in fact, but we are still feeling the fun from the shindig Joe Atkins and his Bishop Arts team threw on a hot Thursday night to showcase his second and newest real estate office in the Metroplex: 419 West Eighth Street, right near Davis. He transformed…