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Joel Kotkin is Coming to Dallas to Confirm: Dallas Will Rule in 2050

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:32:02 +0000

Everyone is talking about Joel Kotkin and his dynamic new book: The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050. Joel is coming to Dallas on March 24 for an event with the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and I can’t wait. A little over a year ago, I found a fascinating website called The New Geography and, [...]

Dallas Real Estate’s Dump-of-the-Month Club

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:24:36 +0000

Due to popular demand, I am going to start the Dump-of-the-Month club. Membership is free. Please understand, I love all homes, even dumps. They are all God’s children. But so many people have sent me homes that need major intervention and asked me to post them, I simply must. Or risk the wrath of many, [...]

That’s Why Dallas Home Builders are Building on Old Foundations

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:52:36 +0000

This is what I am talking about, what I am seeing all over Dallas real estate in every neighborhood. Looks like a cute mid-century is going up here… amid a sea of 1950/1960 ranches (did I say that???) on Jamestown in North Dallas. But it appears they have kept the old foundation and even a [...]

Dallas Real Estate News: Soon You Will be Hearing More About That Residential Mortgage Interest Deduction

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:44:32 +0000

I just got off the phone with the folks at the Mortgage Banker’s Association in D.C. for a piece I am doing for HousingWatch, and here’s an interesting aside that could affect the Dallas real estate market:? in the coming weeks,? the MBA will be lobbying Congress to expand the residential home mortgage interest expense [...]

Why Are Dallas Home Builders Building on Old Foundations?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:02 +0000

There are a plethora of Dallas real estate and homes that have gone up around us where the builder seems to be using the existing old home’s foundation and some walls, old framing, etc. I need to snap a photo of one I have seen going up near Jamestown. What’s the deal with that — [...]

Former NAR President Charles McMillan to Congress: Don’t Raise Minimum FHA Downpayments

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:41 +0000

Charles McMillan of Irving is the 2010 immediate past president of the National Association of Realtors. He was in Washington testifying before a House Financial Services Committee that raising down payment requirements from 3.5% to 5% would lock many home buyers out of the market and stall the real estate market just as it was [...]

A Bank on Every Corner of Dallas Real Estate? Not Any More

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:38:00 +0000

Why are were there banks on every corner in Dallas? I remember having conversations about this in 2007, 2008. During the boom, U.S. banks added more than 10,000 branches in affluent neighborhoods in the name of customer service: banks said? they never wanted to be more than ten minutes from their customers. (As if people [...]

D Sale of the Week: Great Dallas Real Estate in Midway Hollow

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:47 +0000

So pretty and bright, this home is great for a first time home-buyer OR a couple looking to downsize to dual homes. Midway Hollow is loaded with both sets of homebuyers.

D Sale of the Week: Chilling Out in Midway Hollow

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:27 +0000

Unfortunately, this great little ?hood is no longer a secret, now that a genius branded it Midway Hollow. It runs south of Walnut Hill Lane and west of Midway Road, which means it rubs shoulders with that rich cousin to the east, Preston Hollow. The word is out that you find great homes here built [...]

Great Foreclosure Deal In Preston Hollow

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:13:58 +0000

Nice ranch circa 1963 east of Hillcrest I found today while perusing Dallas real estate: 3536 square feet, four bedrooms, three and a half baths, three living area, and pool owned by H&R Block/Countrywide, DCAD appraised for $519,030 the bidding at Hudson&Marshall starts at $369,900. Update: Sorry, phone rang as I finished this post. Address is [...]

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