Dallas

No Duh: Dallas & Fort Worth Home Prices Firming Up, Heading Up, Thumbs Up, Less Inventory, Pricier, Dirt is Solid Gold Again?

By Candy Evans / January 23, 2013 /

I think we’ve been saying this in so many words for a few weeks: our market is doing better, much better, and now even Steve Brown my “Debbie Downer” NAREE colleague at the Dallas Morning News is paying attention: He’s even saying our homes (all of them?) may soon cost more:

Our Friends Across the Pond Think Dallas Real Estate is Hot. They Are Spot On, Sort of

By Candy Evans / January 22, 2013 /

The Brits are singing the praises of our real estate market. The Financial Times has singled us out, thanks to the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, which says (and I saw this recently) that Dallas and “nearby” Fort Worth:  “…combine to be one of only three US urban areas to have fully recovered from the recession.…

How Dallas Real Estate Helped Karen Luter Become “The Man I Wanted to Marry”

By Cynthia Stine / January 8, 2013 /

For more than 40 years, Karen Luter of Allie Beth Allman & Associates has been blazing trails in Dallas real estate. She became a broker in 1982 and has been a consistent multimillion dollar producer ever since. She opened new territory in the luxury home market in Dallas, helped developers re-brand themselves for the high…

On Being a Single Parent in Dallas: Which Dallas Neighborhoods (If Any) Make It Better?

By Candy Evans / January 7, 2013 /

I’ve been thinking about the best neighborhoods in Dallas for single parents to live after reading Pamela Gwyn Kripke’s essay in Slate on single parenting. Pamela is raising two girls solo and lives the Park Cities, in what she calls a small, $600k-ish stone home, the kind I’m sure builders seek out to tear down.…

$30 Million – Love You, Troy, Move Over Mount Vernon: Dallas Has A New Most Expensive Home on the Market!

By Candy Evans / December 12, 2012 /

And it would be a Mark Molthan creation over near Strait Lane, on a cozy, secluded little court off of one of the most famous (and rubbernecked) streets in Dallas bearing the homes of Brint Ryan, Ross Perot, Phil Romano, Kenny Trout, and Dirk Nowitzki. First, however, we start with a book. Most homes are…