2012 Lakewood Home Tour – This Weekend!

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It’s back! The 36th Annual Lakewood Home Festival will take place November 10-11. This year’s tour will feature 6 beautiful homes and a local school, ranging from a new, modern farmhouse on Coronado to historic J.L. Long Middle School to a revamped Hutsell on Lakewood Boulevard. As usual, the first peek will be from those… Read More

Make Moving Day a Breeze

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While moving into a new home is exciting, getting your house up and running can also take up a lot of your time. That’s why we wanted to let you know about Utility Concierge, a 100% FREE service that will set up all of your utilities for you.     You tell them the services… Read More

JUST CLOSED: Charming Lakewood Heights Home

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We always love working with first-time home buyers, and this cute couple was no exception.  Over the course of several months we showed them dozens of properties, contemplated a few offers, almost made it onto an HGTV show, and finally found the one. The home that this couple fell in love with couldn’t have been… Read More

11th Annual Turtle Creek Home Tour

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Turtle Creek is hands-down the swankiest part of town for high-rise and condo living.  And since it’s located close to downtown Dallas, Turtle Creek is right in the heart of everything! This Sunday, April 29th, the Turtle Creek Association is hosting its 11th Annual Turtle Creek Home Tour from 1-5 pm. These five private residences… Read More

Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade

I can’t think of a more highly anticipated event in East Dallas than the annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade – and it’s coming up this Saturday! The tradition of holding a parade the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day started back in 1979, and over the past few decades it has grown from a… Read More

Dallas Arboretum’s “Blooms” Best for Spring Flowers

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The Dallas Arboretum is a gorgeous place to spend the afternoon throughout the year, but you just can’t beat its spring “Blooms” festival – in fact, MSN.com named it one of the top 10 places in the world to soak up the spring flowers.  Pretty snazzy! The “Blooms” festival continues through April 8th, so be… Read More

Dallas Home Sales Skyrocketed in February

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More great news for the Dallas housing market – Dallas Morning News reports that February sales for pre-owned homes jumped 27% from the same time last year.  Pending sales also saw an even greater increase at 35% – and this is with almost a quarter fewer homes on the market! Even though home prices haven’t… Read More

FHA Mortgage Premiums Set To Increase

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A hallmark of FHA loans is a mortgage insurance premium paid by the buyer.  Beginning April 1st, the cost of this up-front premium on FHA mortgages will increase from 1.0% to 1.75% of the loan, and the monthly premium will increase from 1.15% to 1.25%  – those are big increases! Some experts believe this increase… Read More

Metroplex’s Largest Mansion Headed to Auction

Champ D'Or auction

On the market since the day it was completed almost a decade ago, the Champ D’Or mansion in Denton County is headed to real estate auction on March 30th. This 48,000 square foot home has been featured on HGTV and boasts such extravagances as gold chandeliers, 2-story closets, a ballroom, guardhouses and 25 acres of… Read More

Public Hearing Today: Possible DISD School Consolidations

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A DISD Board of Trustees committee has recommended that 11 low-capacity DISD schools be consolidated (i.e., closed) to save the district money.  A final public hearing as to whether those schools should be closed will be held this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at the DISD Administration Building located at 3700 Ross Avenue. Two of those… Read More

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