Dallas real estate news

Demand For Dallas Real Esate Remains Strong, Says NAR

By Joanna England / May 1, 2015 /

Corrected figures from the National Association of Realtors show that Dallas home sales have increased 1.82 percent in the first quarter of 2015 while median price grew 11.99 percent. Statewide figures show a strong start to 2015 for Texas home sales, with a year-over-year increase of 4.16 percent. Inventory is still an issue, with available…

Modern Greenway Parks Abode Kicks Off Dallas Architecture Forum Cocktail Series

By Joanna England / May 1, 2015 /

For me, there’s no better way to tour a home than with other architecture aficionados. With cocktail in hand, you can move room-to-room with other like-minded people as you each find points of interest to share. That’s part of what I love about the Dallas Architecture Forum‘s 365 Modern Living Cocktail Receptions. This series covers…

Mortgage Choice Act Would Ease Mortgage Qualifications as Foreclosures Jump

By Jon Anderson / May 1, 2015 /

By Jon Anderson Columnist No, I didn’t dig this out of my 2008 file drawer. According to RealtyTrac, March 2015 saw an 11 percent jump in foreclosures across the U.S. compared to February. That translates into 152,147 homes rocketing down the chute to foreclosure and the loss of people’s homes in the first quarter of…

#CNU23 Day 1: Making a City, The Millennial Market, And 4 DFW Neighborhoods

By Amanda Popken / April 30, 2015 /

CNU’s 23rd Annual Congress in Dallas this week has been described as a gathering of city designers who’ve all “seen the same UFO” – they all seem to share this experience of being looked at like they’re crazy when they begin explaining their practice of city design. Yet, to me many of these ideas seem a…

Featured Realtor: A Former CPA, Alyssa O’Brien Ramsey Uses Her Business Acumen And Natural Talents

By Joanna England / April 29, 2015 /

Smart, creative, and hard-working, Alyssa O’Brien Ramsey is a Realtor you want on your team. Not only has she made a name for herself with client referrals, but she’s become an integral part of the well-oiled machine that is the up-and-coming independent brokerage Nathan Grace. But Alyssa, every humble, says that it’s the other way…