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Dallas City Center’s Kevin Caskey Says School Ratings Will Influence Real Estate Values

By Joanna England / April 1, 2015 /

With the Texas legislature set to approve a new letter grading system that adds more clarity and precision to the TEA’s rating categories, Realtors are wondering how the new approval guide will affect housing prices. The measure just cleared the Senate and is headed for the house. Lake Highlands resident and Dallas City Center Realtors…

Under New Law, HOAs Can't Keep Residents From Installing Xeriscaping

By Joanna England / July 25, 2013 /

Good news for homeowners fed up with maintaining lawns and the high water bills that come with it. If you live in an HOA and couldn’t install a water-friendly landscape because of restrictive covenants, now you can. According to a new law passed by the Texas Legislature, HOAs can no longer forbid homeowners from installing…

Residential or Retail? What Will The Rise of The Cottage Industry Mean For Neighborhoods?

By Joanna England / June 20, 2013 /

Let me tell you, folks, working from home is awesome. Sometimes I don’t change out of my pajamas until I have to leave the house, which can often be sometime in the afternoon, guys. I thank my lucky stars for this career option, which has made being a mother so much easier. But while I…

Takes One To Know One: Can You “Get Back” at a “Bad” Builder? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / July 5, 2011 /

A reader writes:   We recently purchased a new home in the Highland Park area, the builder and seller were both a family “group”. The mother and father funded and the son “acted” as the builder. The seller did not honor any of the contracted warranty or 3rd party inspection items; he refused to do…