Dallas real estate

The Mortgage Report: Despite Rising Rates, Home Sales Maintain Pace

By Joanna England / April 23, 2018 /

Despite the fact that mortgage interest rates are on the rise, the pace of home purchases hasn’t abated, says our most-trusted mortgage expert, Bob Johnson (AKA BobMortgage), the senior mortgage adviser at the nation’s oldest private lender, Wallick & Volk. Naturally, the stock market’s gradual dive has caused some trepidation for investors and buyers, but…

Ticket Giveaway: Win a Pair of Tickets to The Hollywood Home Tour April 21-22

By Joanna England / April 16, 2018 /

You know that Hollywood Heights is flush with some of the cutest cottages in all of Dallas. Thanks to the neighborhood’s well-thought-out conservation overlay, the homes in this popular East Dallas enclave still retain the charm of bygone eras. And your best bet to get an eyeful of that charm is attending the annual Hollywood…

Ticket Giveaway: White Rock Home Tour April 21-22

By Joanna England / April 10, 2018 /

There’s a reason why the White Rock Home Tour is one of the most well-attended tours in all of Dallas — the focus on the East Dallas location and showing off the area’s stout inventory of modern properties is a magic formula. There’s no other tour like it, and its success hinges on the well-organized…

Preston Tower Apparently Wants to Shift Things Away from HOA and to Owners… Even Maintenance!

By Candy Evans / April 6, 2018 /

This came across my desk today from whom, I don’t know. All I know is, it sounds kine of strange. It sounds like Preston Tower, one of two condominium towers in the sizzling hot ‘hood at Northwest Highway and Preston, aka “Behind the Pink Wall”, wants to shift costs away from the HOA and onto…

The Mortgage Report: Rate Hikes Around The Corner?

By Joanna England / February 26, 2018 /

  It’s a busy economic news week, with new and pending home sales reports released, as well as the Fed’s favorite measure of inflation — personal consumption and expenditures. Last week ended on a moderately positive note, but many feel that rate hikes are are coming this year, says our most-trusted mortgage expert, Bob Johnson…