Dallas real estate news

Midcentury Modern in Monticello Has Period Charm With Functional Updates

By Eric Prokesh / March 24, 2016 /

This midcentury modern at 3401 Dorothy Lane is that kind of rare property that will find a buyer rather than the other way round. In fact, the next owner will be only the third in the vintage 1952 house’s history. The street front, deceptively simple, belies the wealth of carefully planned, abundant, interior space and decorative detail contained behind the…

Bidding Wars and Slow Wage Growth Mean Scarcity of Starter Homes in Dallas

By Joanna England / March 21, 2016 /

New analysis by Trulia confirms what we’ve been seeing all over Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Entry-level or starter homes priced in the median range, which usually falls below $200,000, are scarce. In fact, if you want to find a new home in the $200,000 range, it’s getting mighty difficult to impossible. To measure…

This Greenland Hills Tudor is The Mary Poppins of Its Kind: Practically Perfect in Every Way

By Karen Eubank / March 18, 2016 /

                 Sometimes people just get it completely right when they put their home on the market. The updates are spot on, the colors are great and the house has just the right amount of furniture, so it’s not detracting from the architecture but enhancing it. I can tell you after having staged thousands of homes…

Nancy Carroll Update: At Home in Tarrant County, Wearing an Ankle Bracelet

By Candy Evans / March 18, 2016 /

On Tuesday, March 15, Nancy’s Carroll Spink’s bail was reduced to $50,000 from $1,000,000. She has to wear an ankle monitor, and cannot leave her home from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. She cannot practice law or do title work, she had to surrender her passport, and she must remain in Tarrant County. Late Thursday…

Statler Hilton Chandelier To Hang in Newly Listed $12.75m Former Prosper Pad of Deion Sanders

By Candy Evans / March 18, 2016 /

This is the chandelier that will soon hang in the main foyer of Deion Sanders’ former home in Prosper. Don’t worry: it’s getting all spiffed up. Technically, one grand chandelier will be created out of three identical Statler Hilton Hotel chandeliers from the downtown Dallas hotel undergoing a dramatic restoration. (Some of the crystals are…