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Housing Got Us in This Mess, So Let’s Dump the Mortgage Deduction

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:59 +0000

I knew this was coming, and this really riles me: Business Week’s Chris Ferrell (among others) is starting to poke at the mortgage deduction, which is as American as apple pie and, until recently, worked just splendidly for, oh, about 50 years. They are blaming it for precipitating the housing crisis that nearly brought this [...]

Good News for Dallas Real Estate: The Recession Is Easing in Texas

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:29:16 +0000

Forbes has three Texas cities on it’s list of the ten metropolitan areas where the recession is easing, and Dallas/Fort Worth is a rock solid number three.? And how did they come to this conclusion? These cities are the places where the housing markets are stabilizing, jobs are being created and economies are “relatively insulated [...]

Ebby Parties Pre-Birthday Tonight with the Pointer Sisters

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:27:32 +0000

Jeanne Prejean, as ever, has all the deets of the philanthropy portion of tonight’s event over at SweetCharity. Me, I’m picking out what I am going to wear tonight for this first birthday bash: Ebby Halliday turns 99 tomorrow. (Do you think vintage St. John will be fine, as long as there’s some sparkle?) The [...]

We’ll Pay You to Get Out of Your House

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:07 +0000

No kidding, that’s the government’s latest solution to the real estate crisis. With more and more mortgage holders getting behind? — Steve Brown tells us the numbers are up to 6.14 % even here in better-than-most Dallas real estate land — and the administration’s $75 million modification programs helping only a fraction of hurting homeowners, [...]

Dallas Mavericks Play Ball With Dallas Realtor Extraordinaire Ebby Halliday

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:54:04 +0000

That little lady in blue dribbling the ball is none other than Ebby Halliday herself Friday night at the Mavericks game against the Sacremento Kings. Ebby, who turns 99 March 9, is a basketball fanatic!

National Real Estate News Picks Up Nicky and Eleanor Mowery Sheets Story

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:53:38 +0000

But I didn’t write it, I swear.

Dallas Realtor Lauren Smiley, Virginia Cook Agent, Dies at age 35

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:24:48 +0000

It is with a heavy heart I write this post on Dallas real estate agent Lauren Smiley, the exquisite 35 year old daughter of Virginia Cook agents Karen and Richard Smiley, who died Wednesday night. I remember Lauren when she was a student at The Hockaday School of Dallas where, as an upperclassmen, she was [...]

Ebby Halliday Gets Into the Magazine Biz With Grand Vie

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:19:43 +0000

If you live in one of the 30,000 most expensive homes in the Dallas area, you will soon receive a *birthday present, of sorts, at your home. That would be this magazine, Grand Vie, Ebby Halliday Companies’ glossy, 98-page luxury home magazine they will publish quarterly to showcase 125 of their best, most prized listings [...]

Deion Sanders Azure Penthouse Ought to Sell Any Day Now…

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:54:33 +0000

Not just because it’s the hottest sky pad in Dallas real estate news, but also because my post caught the eye of Zillow, which is kind of cool, because Zillow just moved up to be the second most visited real estate site on the web. It edged out Yahoo Real Estate, which is now number [...]

Feds Get Smart, Give Blessing to Home Flipping

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:34:22 +0000

Dallas real estate agent Chris Hickman, with Ebby Halliday,ave me some news that has real estate investors jumping for joy. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, has loosened the timing rules on flipping homes bought with FHA loans (which require a 3.5% down payment) in a way that is sure to stimulate the [...]

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