Dallas real estate news

Transwestern’s Pink Wall Proposal Passes Planning Commission Hurdle, FINALLY

By Jon Anderson / September 4, 2015 /

As predicted, we are all two-weeks older since the Planning Commission fobbed-off the vote on the proposed Transwestern development at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Northwest Highway. What, if any, votes changed in those two weeks is unknown, but I suspect few. Certainly attendees were not treated to German band Texas Lightening popping…

Whole Foods vs. Trader Joe’s: Which Grocery Store Has the ‘Starbucks Effect’ on Home Values?

By Joanna England / September 3, 2015 /

Which upscale grocery has the “Starbucks Effect”: Whole Foods or Trader Joes? That’s what RealtyTrac recently analyzed. If you haven’t heard of the “Starbucks Effect” here’s a little primer: “Homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro appreciated 49.7 percent between January 1997 and December 2013,” Humphries said. “But if you look just at homes in the Dallas-Fort…

Love The Dallas Skyline? Now You Can Bring it to Your Bar Cart

By Joanna England / September 3, 2015 /

This will soon be on the gilded bar carts throughout the homes of Dallas socialites, as who would opt for anything other than gorgeous Czech crystal etched with the city’s trademark skyline? And you can only get it at Bernadette Schaeffler Collection.

Prairie Style Two-Story in Stevens Park Village Has Style and Value

By Joanna England / September 2, 2015 /

This home is such an incredible value nestled in one of the most picturesque neighborhoods in North Oak Cliff. Located inside Stevens Park Village, you might expect this home to another quaint Austin stone cottage like the many that line the blocks of this insular neighborhood just off of Fort Worth Avenue. You’d be flat…

Dallas Public Schools: How to Keep an Eye on School Board Meetings (and Still Eat Dinner)

By Bethany Erickson / September 2, 2015 /

So, you probably feel like you should be keeping an eye on the school board meetings. But those meetings, you hear, can be marathon sessions of wrangling and hyperbole and you have a four-year-old to put to bed. You have sleeping to do. You have a life to live. This is probably why I got…