Dallas

D.R. Horton Is Being a Better Neighbor Over on Bryan Street

By Candy Evans / July 17, 2014 /

Remember when we showed you what we thought was the less than stellar job of corporate responsibility from the D. R. Horton folks at their Bryan Place development called “Exall Townhomes”? Well well, seems like our little blog post based on communication from a reader, along with a few photos, moved a few mountains.  Or at…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: A Noble New Home Stuffed to the Gills for Less Than $1Mil in White Rock Elementary

By Candy Evans / July 17, 2014 /

I think I have seen it all. This is a great big brand new family home that can be your’s for less than one million, in a new subdivision just south of LBJ Freeway — the ALMOST FINISHED LBJ Freeway, in a hot school district. And it even has a front porch! Here you have…

There’s Gold in This Northwest Dallas Dirt: Buy, Lease, Hold, Build

By Candy Evans / July 15, 2014 /

This is one of my favorite areas in Dallas, one that always holds a ton of promise and where we can see evidence of real estate development progress every day. I am talking about Thornberry Lane, right off Northwest Highway, west of Midway but before Mixon and Marsh. To the north and east are multi…

Monday Morning Millionaire Extraordinaire: President Obama Should Just Go Ahead and Buy the Dallas White House for His Next Visit

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2014 /

It’s July, it’s getting hot, muggy, who’s really working? Take the day off and go to a pool and pretend you are swimming at this house, the famous Dallas White House at the corner of the regal Lanes Strait and Royal. Last week when President Obama was in Dallas, he should have toured this house…

The Cost of a New Home in Dallas is Getting More Unattainable, Median New Home Prices Up 24%

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2014 /

This is very good news for home builders, not such great news for consumers. New home ownership is getting more expensive, even in North Texas. Hence all those apartments going up: “New homes priced under $150,000 are rapidly disappearing from the market because of shrinking lot inventory, rising land and construction costs. There are just…