Dallas Real Estate News
March 13, 2008. I had heard rumblings that a very tall German basketball player whose name rhymes with “whiskey” had bought a five-bedroom, six bath Colonial-revival property gigunda prop on Strait Lane, a.k.a. Billionaires Row, with very tall ceilings — I mean, tall! — for just under $8 million. Then I got confirmation: Dave Perry-Miller was…
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Mama’s got the scoopola on the Aikman estate and even unearthed some things I had no idea of! God, “she’s” good. Like didjaknow: “Mister and Missus Aikman acquired the first parcel of their two-lot compound in April of 2004. A few minutes research did not turn up a sale price but public records Your Mama…
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There’s no such thing as sexual discrimination in male-oriented businesses, right? Kathrine Farris was 26 years old in 1997 when she began working for a Toronto commercial real estate company that entered into a licensing agreement with The Staubach Company. Name sound familiar? It’s the Dallas-based real estate firm founded by former NFL star quarterback…
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We might as well just call this “Troy Week” here on Second Shelters. Mother Nature finally cooperated long enough for Allie Beth Allman to get some photos up on her website of this fabulous home. After reading her description, I learned something new:there are only five homesites on the Aikman block: “A rare reality is…
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Realtor.com released the top metro areas for real estate search — that is, the places where more people are looking to buy homes, and guess who made it big on the list? Dallas. Metro areas in the South and West dominated the list of the 10 most-searched real estate markets for the month of April,…
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Michael and Kittrick Hinojosa own a gorgeous home on Idlewood that should be hitting the market any day now. It will be interesting because he had it on the market with Debbie Sherrington from August 28, 2009 to last August 31. And it did not sell. Asking price $875,000 reduced from $899,000. The Hinojosas bought…
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