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Plop Me At The Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences
Little marble around the tub for soaking.
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Plop Me At The Ritz-Carlton Residences, II
The bedroom. Who would want to leave? Wait, it’s San Francisco.
View ArticleDallas, Houston, San Antonio Home Equity A-OK
So says Steve Brown today, citing the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the National Low Income Housing Coalition. I guess folks are concerned that if they buy homes, even cheaper homes,...
View ArticleLet’s Not Discuss Dallas Real Estate Values Today
This is not as bad as when you get those monthly stock reports showing that all the money you’ve stashed away for retirement is down by 36%. No sir, not that bad at all. Steve Brown reports a decline...
View ArticleSwapping Spouses, Houses?
A friend in Massachusetts told me about a couple-swapping ring going on at their country club — how risque! This I can handle: the DMN ran a cool story on house swapping. I understand house-swapping is...
View ArticleSecond Home Market Sucking (Super Cold Yellowstone Club Type) Bad Air?
This story says there are bargains to be found in the Hampton’s — that is, if you think a $1.537 million second home is a bargain. (Here’s former Lehman Brothers president Joseph Gregory’s $32.5...
View ArticleMust-Read: The Folks Who Can Say “I Told You So”
Love this article by Bruce Bartlett, a new Forbes columnist —- significant quote: “While conceding that economic fundamentals were favorable to rising home prices, they also noted that there were...
View ArticleTopless Bar SuperCenter: Could It Impact Dallas Property Values?
Other than contributing to the bottom line of local plastic surgeons, I saw this story about Rick’s Cabaret, the state’s largest topless bar , en route to Dallas and wondered how this might impact...
View ArticleThe North Central Expressway Submarket = Sexy
This area, east of Central on Walnut Hill to Greenville Ave., then down to Park Lane, fascinates me and, yes, rather turns me on. Talking real estate. So THR is leasing out one of its buildings, the...
View ArticleSanity Check: Property Taxes Levied By Developers?
I think this shocks me about as much as Nadya Suleman. I met with a property tax buster yesterday, who tells me that given the way the appraisal district raised appraisals this year coupled with the...
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Deal Of The Week/House Porn: Musing In The Meadows
Dealbook Deluxe: 2008 list price: $515,000, now $379,000. Located in the Meadows, a couple streets south of the home where the Geis tragedy took place, the neighborhood is getting very hot and the home...
View ArticleMore Troubles For Highland Capital
$745 million more in troubles. Meantime, here are the homes for sale in Dallas that I am told by sources are backed by James Dondero, one head of the firm — each home appears to be it’s own limited...
View ArticleCould TRCC Dismantle Lead To Higher Building Costs?
Many consumer groups felt the TRCC was so builder-friendly, it just gave victims an even bigger nightmare. But builders say letting everyone duke it out in court will lead to higher costs for...
View ArticleRe-Fi SOS
A reader writes: “If we missed out on the 4.5% refi rates, have we basically missed the boat? What would make it worth it now to still refi?” Good question, we’ll find an expert and try to get you...
View ArticleDo Land Leases Have Anything To Do With Texas Gold?
Tim posted a question on FB asking if, when the land leases on NorthPark Center expire, the owner of the lease gets to keep the improvements — i.e. NorthPark. Then he got his answer: no. But it was a...
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