Dallas real estate news

Friday Five Hundred: Gorgeous Family Home in McKinney Open This Weekend

By Joanna England / June 20, 2014 /

  Are you a Millennial with a couple of kids who is considering pulling up stakes from your urban home and heading for the homes and schools of the suburbs? Then you’ll find this house in McKinney mighty attractive, as it has all the things you want in a suburban enclave, with tons of things…

Celebrity Real Estate News is Hot and Getting Hotter in Ink: the Real Estalker Joins Variety

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2014 /

You remember Mama, right? Here I am with her in L.A. a few years ago. Mama is the pen name of Mark David, who pioneered the concept of blogging about real estate, his (her’s) having a distinctive voice and opinion as he chronicles the ever-amazing homes of the rich, famous, and celebs. I loved Mark’s…

Charles Hicks Buys 3.85 Acres on Forest Lane From Unity Church of Dallas Campus For 18-Home Planned Development

By Joanna England / June 19, 2014 /

Unity Church of Dallas has sold almost 4 acres of its 11 acre campus on Forest Lane to Charles Hicks. Hicks plans to build 18 custom homes on the site, called 6600 Forest Estates. This is huge news because unless you plan a teardown, this area of North Dallas is almost completely built out. Until…

Top Trends in Homebuilding: Builders And The Battle For America’s Bathtubs

By Joanna England / June 19, 2014 /

Last week’s National Association of Real Estate Editors spring conference in Houston hosted a home building panel featuring Metrostudy’s Brad Hunter, David Weekley Homes CEO John Johnson, and Trendmaker Homes CEO Will Holder. While the panel was supposed to discuss the “boom” in homebuilding, the end result was a dissection of what fuels (or what’s…

Thursday Three Hundred: In The Heart of West Kessler, This Tudor Shines Bright

By Joanna England / June 19, 2014 /

There are so many people looking for a move in-ready home inside 635, and thanks to a shortage in available inventory, prices are going through the roof. But some economists still warn of “shadow inventory” that could make a mess of residential housing markets as investors bring properties to the market in a blitz of…