Dallas real estate

The New Homebuilding Boom: Land Shortage and Jobs Drive New Home Starts

By Joanna England / June 12, 2014 /

The big takeaway from this morning’s homebuilding panel at the National Association of Real Estate Editors spring conference is that land — more specifically, the lack thereof — is responsible for our lagging new home inventory and the dearth of new home starts in the nation. And while the pool of potential homebuyers is relatively…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: Anton Korn, Stained Glass and a Lucite Bathtub

By Candy Evans / June 12, 2014 /

I am in Houston attending the National Association of Real Estate Editors annual spring conference, along with Joanna, and I just got back from a private tour of River Oaks. Mama mia, I am still on the House Porn high! So I bring you a version of the very type of homes one finds in…

Counselors of Real Estate List Top 10 Issues Facing Market, And No. 6 Will Stun You

By Joanna England / June 11, 2014 /

We’re reporting from the National Association of Real Estate Editors Houston Conference today and it has been an incredible morning just stewing with new information. The opening remarks were especially mind-boggling, as Counselors of Real Estate chair Hugh F. Kelly listed the top 10 issues facing real estate now and into the future. “The list…

Wednesday Wonder: The Dickinson House on Professor Row Lives the Secret Life of Bees

By Candy Evans / June 11, 2014 /

I’m heading east for a college reunion soon, back to the Ivy-covered walls of Dartmouth, Baker Library and to catch tea at Sanborn House. But it was Dickinson House in Dallas that put me in the collegiate mood. Dickinson House, 3441 University, is in the heart of Professor Row, as they call it, because the…

Nancy Holloway Bids Adieu to Briggs Freeman, Major Ola to The Garden District at Southlake Town Square

By Candy Evans / June 10, 2014 /

Here’s how how mature and viable a community Southlake is: developers are already planning on what homeowners of those mega Vaquero, etc. mansions are going to do when their nests are empty. What will they do? Move closer in to Southlake Town Square to some beautiful, high end luxury homes called The Garden District. Keep…