Candy Evans
Tis true. A new study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), when comparing 29 industrialized nations, found that people in our neighbor to the south, Mexico, work the most hours both paid and unpaid. Belgium came in with the least hours of work and earliest retirement, and France wasn’t far behind. The…
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Is Dallas Real Estate hopping like it’s 2006? I have an SOS request from a reader who needs a lot in the Park Cities to build a home. They are willing to pay up to $600,000 for a nice lot — maybe more for a corner? (Maybe less for being near the Tollway?) If you…
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Click yourself on over to the right side of this blog and subscribe to SecondShelters.com by email. I’m working on what I call Grown-Up Sleepovers at select second home communities. (This time, you don’t have to sneak in the booze.) I’ve always had these wild ideas about marketing real estate and homes, which is why…
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And I’m giving them away to the first wonderful person who can answer this question: What is the name of the creek that runs along Lake Highlands Road and feeds into White Rock Lake? Clifford Miles Welch, AIA discusses MODERNISM THEN AND NOW: the influences of post-war residential architecture When: April 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where:…
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My colleague Sheree Curry at AOL really tackled the Groupon real estate deal and adds this caveat: could it be illegal? Some states, such as New York, have laws that prevent an agent from collecting an unearned commission. Let’s face it: there’s a LOT of backscratching going on in the real estate business. (Do not…
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Ashley Okland The real estate agent, a beautiful 27-year old woman, was gunned down at 2 pm in the afternoon in a development of about 70 town home units, only about a year old, on the Dallas County side of West Des Moines. The area is about 1½ miles from Jordan Creek Town Center, if…
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