Dallas real estate news

Homefacts App Provides Complete Picture of Neighborhood to Buyers With School Data, Crime Stats, and Demographics, But is it Too Much?

By Joanna England / July 22, 2014 /

    We love a good app here at CandysDirt, and when RealtyTrac announced their new Homefacts app, we had to give it a test. We’ve reviewed several good real estate apps before, and some of them are great for just run-of-the-mill home shopping (Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin), some give you a more visual…

This Forest Hills Home Makes Dallas Proud: Loaded, Luscious, Light on the Pocketbook

By Candy Evans / July 21, 2014 /

If you are in the market for a great family home, this is one I want you to RUN to see, like today, if possible. I’m totally serious. It is a Forest Hills classic built in 2007 by (we think) Oscar Ponder, created of red brick and stone, with plenty of square footage — 5216…

Ranch of the Week: Practical Horse Property in Princeton, TX

By Kathryn Roan / July 19, 2014 /

I know we cover a lot of high-end, amazing properties here at SecondShelters.com, but let’s face it: That’s purely window shopping for the vast majority of us. This week, I decided to showcase a darling little property in Princeton. The ranch at 9176 Lakeridge Drive is the type of property I sell all the time.…

Friday Five Hundred: Sweet Tudor on Sarasota Circle Shows How Posh Hollywood Heights Has Become

By Joanna England / July 18, 2014 /

Yes, yes, this is another glorious home from Alex Roostaei, a young and driven Allie Beth Allman agent. In fact, you’ll be surprised to hear that this amazing Realtor is marketing another property on the same street as one we featured from him earlier this year. Roostaei, who sold 1115 Sarasota Circle in February just…

No Usual Song And Dance: Musician and Real Estate Expert Mark Kreditor Speaks Tonight in Richardson

By Joanna England / July 17, 2014 /

If you want to find out more about the investment market and the potential for rental, head over to tonight’s monthly meeting of the North Texas Association of Real Estate Investors as they host Preston Hollow resident Mark Kreditor of Get There First Realty. Kreditor, who is both a fantastic musician and incredibly clever real…