Dallas real estate news

Third Quarter Sales Maintain Summer Momentum Says Texas Association of Realtors

By Joanna England / November 3, 2014 /

During the course of the year, spring and summer tend to be the hottest seasons for home sales, with the pace of closings slowing as fall takes hold and school starts. That’s not what happened in Texas during the third quarter of 2014, says the Texas Association of Realtors Quarterly Housing Report, which was released…

University Park Condo is Perfect For a Small Family

By Joanna England / October 30, 2014 /

At certain price points, property values and housing demand in the Park Cities owe a lot to the top-rated schools in Highland Park ISD, and it’s an area where you’ll see well-maintained luxury condo and townhome developments that add just the right amount of density to the area. It’s less garden-style apartment or walk-up and more…

It All Started With a Barn: Bruce Graf and Susie Samuels Use Reclaimed Wood With Stunning Results

By Joanna England / October 29, 2014 /

By Diane Feffer Special Contributor Last year before the holidays, Kennedale homeowners Stephanie and Greg Mulkey were enjoying their son’s passage through high school. “We thought  that one of the best tangible gifts we could give him would be a ‘man cave’ where he could experience some daily ‘down time’ after high school,”said the Mulkeys.…

Reports Show Dallas-Area Home Prices Are Up, But Sales Are Down

By Joanna England / October 28, 2014 /

Word comes that for the month of August, Dallas-area home prices posted a fantastic little bump at 7.3 percent year-over-year. Case-Shiller’s Home Price Index report shows enough of an increase in prices to warrant continued optimism among sellers in our burg, where a shortage of inventory and slow-to-catch-up new home builders has made the market for…

Midcentury Ranch in University Terrace is a Time Warp!

By Joanna England / October 28, 2014 /

  Let’s do the Time Warp again, folks! This time, we are headed over to the University Terrace neighborhood that is sandwiched between the Blue Line DART Rail tracks and Northwest Highway. This lovely enclave of 1950s traditionals has seen a lot of flips and updates lately, thanks to the upwardly mobile population looking to move…