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The 10 Most Beautiful Houses in Dallas 2009

Now in our second year of scouring the city for its most beautiful houses, the D Home editors finally have the hang of this beauty pageant thing. We’ve been running the roads, armed with iPhones... (more)

The Best Real Estate Agents in Dallas 2009

How We Did It The D Magazine list of Best Real Estate Agents in Dallas is produced in partnership with Crescendo Business Services, an independent research and services firm. Crescendo... (more)

The 100 Most Expensive Homes in Dallas 2009

1 //  Cinda and Tom Hicks $41,462,030 On the one hand, the investor and sports team magnate looks to be in trouble: he recently defaulted on $525 million in loans, he’s trying to sell off... (more)

3 Important Lessons to Learn Before You Remodel

Lesson 1: You can find your dream house on Craigslist. It was October 2007. I was at the grocery store when Michael called and said, “Honey, I’ve just found a house on Craigslist. I want to... (more)

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About That Senorita on Lomita: Dallas Real Estate Reduced

Last week’s D Sale of the Week has been reduced to $310,000 from $324,000. Glad you didn’t hurry when I told you to…. because you crawled you will save $14,000. Sounds like these folks are pretty serious about selling.

Midland Texas Last Night on Hillcrest Road

So I was coming home from the new Park Lane Whole Foods Dallas last night (had to get a yogurt fix) and as I was driving up Hillcrest, looked like all hell was breaking loose at Hillcrest High School. Police were stopping traffic, lights, camera, action oh wait — they were filming the Fox TV [...]

Happy Saint Patricks Day House Porn: Going Green on Eustis

I have been wanting to check out the homes awesome architect Gary Cunningham is building in Little Forest Hills forever. I remember when he first told me when these great contemporary, sustainable homes were on the drawing boards. Here’s one, 8722 Eustis. Awesomeness. Cute, treed lot in Little Forest Hills,  2182 square feet with three [...]

Under the Tuscan Sun, Continued

I’m told that the builder of this home, Mark Early, also built Roger Staubach’s home in Preston Hollow. Excellent builder, sign of the times. Yesterday I drove by five high-end foreclosures north of Northwest Highway.

Are You a Dallas House Virgin? Everything You Need to Know in D Home

In our newest issue of D Home, on the news stands now, we present, as always, the best of the best — including the best design secrets from  Dallas’ top designers.  Some of them told us a little more than we had room to publish, like what the top kitchen design trends are for 2010. [...]

Dallas Foreclosure, Reduced $100,000: Austin Stone, Spiral Staircase, Preston Hollow-ish

This home is on a corner lot in Preston Haven, in the Preston-Royal vicinity, and it is now listed for $850,000. Brand spanking new: gourmet kitchen, luxurious downstairs master suite with fireplace and huge bath, high ceilings, circular staircase, four bedrooms, five and a half baths, 5900 plus square feet, three car garage opens to [...]

If You Hate Popcorn Peanuts, Read This

I just hate those little white suckers and like you, I have spent my fair share of time picking them up when they have spread across the floor. Personally, I use bubble wrap and love it. I stored my entire home contents for 14 months when we built our home and had every piece of [...]

Our Tax Dollars at Work: Is the Government Funding Slum Landlords?

Great reporting by Steve Brown McGonigle in the Dallas Morning News on how a wealthy, Harvard-educated, Park Cities-living businessman named Rene Campos, Jr. got $1.5 million in stimulus funds for a troubled west Oak Cliff apartment complex that is in pretty bad shape. Like, some say, a slum. But no, says Campos, it’s not a [...]

How to Avoid Foreclosure in Dallas Real Estate: Tell Second Lien Holders to Take a Hike

Happening in Dallas real estate, happening everywhere, and I told you so, how the Obama administration thinks they’ll pay them off. Well,  seems those second lien holders are holding up a lot of the negotiations between borrowers and their primary mortgage companies to whittle out a deal. And the Treasury Department is standing by, helpless. [...]

Under the Tuscan Sun: Fabulous Dallas Real Estate Foreclosure on Waller Drive

Dallas real estate in the raw! Look at this Texas-sized foreclosure on posh Waller Drive: last listed with Cindy O’Gorman for $3,995,000 and now in foreclosure as of a few days ago. RealtyTrac is saying the bidding starts at $4,495,000? I don’t think so. But that’s not to be trusted — it also says the [...]

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]