The Real Estate Scene

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Ranking Dallas-Fort Worth’s ‘Green’ Factor
In a recent report, DFW placed among the top 20 most environmentally-friendly office markets.
https://www.dmagazine.com/commercial-real-estate/2017/07/ranking-dallas-fort-worths-green-factor/?utm_content=58033452&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

Ranking Dallas-Fort Worth’s ‘Green’ Factor In a recent report, DFW placed among the top 20 most environmentally-friendly office markets.

The Dallas area had the third-largest home price increase in March, behind only Seattle and Portland, Ore., in year-over-year price gains.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/05/30/dallas-area-third-highest-us-home-price-gain-march

Dallas-area had third highest U.S. home price gain in March | Real Estate | Dallas News Dallas' red hot housing market showed no sign of a slowdown in the latest national comparison.The Dallas area had the third largest home price...

Developer buys site for new downtown Dallas skyscraper http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/20/developer-buys-site-new-downtown-dallas-skyscraper

Developer buys site for new downtown Dallas skyscraper | Real Estate | Dallas News Developers have purchased property to build the first true downtown Dallas skyscraper in seven years.Chicago-based Amli Residential bought the...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-harsh-reality-is-hitting-the-housing-market-1487191357?mod=e2fb

A Harsh Reality Is Hitting the Housing Market Rising interest rates are taking a toll on a number of housing indicators at the start of the year.

Home prices changing...High-priced home start increases stall as buyers head down market. More signs that Dallas-Fort Worth's high-priced home market may be running out of steam.
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/01/25/high-priced-home-start-increases-stall-buyers-head-market

High-priced home start increases stall as buyers head down market | Real Estate | Dallas News More signs that Dallas-Fort Worth's high-priced home market may be running out of steam.Homebuilders are shifting gears to build more affordable...

State Of The Arts: Can This Be The New Gateway To Dallas’ Arts District?
http://artandseek.org/2017/01/20/state-of-the-arts-can-this-be-the-new-gateway-to-dallas-arts-district/

State Of The Arts: Can This Be The New Gateway To Dallas’ Arts District? Eight years ago, there was no Winspear Opera House, no Wyly Theatre, no Klyde Warren Park, no City Performance Hall. All that happened in just eight years – which is one reason a new blueprint has been drawn up for future development in Dallas’ Arts District. In State of the Arts, our weekly look at...

Interesting...Dallas billionaire Andy Beal selling items from century-old Trammell Crow estate before tearing it down.
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/01/17/historic-trammell-crow-estate-headed-demo

Historic Trammell Crow estate headed for demo | Real Estate | Dallas News Last year Dallas billionaire Andy Beal bought two of the most expensive houses in North Texas.The Hicks Estate on Walnut Hill was priced at $100...

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The Ewing Mansion from the show Dallas goes on sale and with a price tag of 13 million!!!

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/mansion-film-dallas-sale-13m-article-1.2819907

Mansion used to film 'Dallas' goes on sale for $13M A mansion used to film interiors on the TV series, “Dallas,” has gone on the market with a $12.95 million price tag fit for an oil barron.

Why you shouldn't trust online real estate price estimates...

It’s fun to enter an address on a website and instantly receive an estimate of what that property is worth. But the data that powers many of those automated valuation models is inaccurate and unreliable.
Who says? The websites themselves. Look below to see how popular sites that offer online price estimates describe limitations with their own data.
https://www.texasrealestate.com/uploads/files/general-files/AVM_consumer_handout.pdf

VIDEO: Tour the Proposed Klyde Warren Park Expansion

http://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2016/08/video-tour-the-proposed-klyde-warren-park-expansion/

VIDEO: Tour the Proposed Klyde Warren Park Expansion – D Magazine The Park Board got a look at it this morning. Now you can too.