We talked about this yesterday over at NBC Nonstop Nightly with Jane McGarry. In a meeting with a major North Texas developer this week, he said to me: “I do not like Rick Perry all that much, and I do not think he is very smart. However, he is sending out a great message about Texas…
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You may have noticed on the map I posted Monday that one of the hottest spots in the country for second homes is Arizona, no pun intended! Well, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley have long been favored havens for second – third – and fourth – homes for Dallas “sunbirds”. With both Case-Shiller and Core Logic pegging…
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All it takes is a month of triple digit weather in Texas for the real estate market to improve in Colorado. I got word that Aspen, a bellwether for the second home real state market, is bustling with Texans buying second or third homes there. I’ll have to dial up my friend, Steven Shane. Not so much…
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I’ve got this over on CandysDirt.com, but will serve it up for you right here, too. This is just too important a story for anyone who’s obsessed with real estate. The Flower Mound house is great, don’t get me wrong, but when I squat, it’s going to be Pebble Beach
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Talk about the most perfect first, second or third home ever. Oh my, recall when I wrote about The Glass House? I called it Stairway to Heaven. That ultimate redefining structure within modernism? Not only does it have great bones, it has location squared. A 3.5 acre estate of oak groves in Montecito, California. The home…
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Susan Knape of Dallas, Texas thought she was doing something smart: paying AHEAD on her mortgage. In fact, if you open your mortgage statement each month, I will bet you the paperwork is right there in the envelope popping out. I’m talking about the equity accelerator programs offered by JP Morgan Chase, Well Fargo, Citibank…
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