Dallas Homes Center

Scouting around yesterday in Oak Lawn I came across a new town-home
development.  The Saxony is located in the distinguished Perry Heights
neighborhood of Oak Lawn at Rawlins and  Knight. (see map below).

What’s great is the location and the price, starting at $4oo,000 plus.
Right by all the restaurants, bars, tollway and shopping, bet you
can see yourself relaxing on the awesome/large balcony [...]

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Whether it’s Dallas or NYC the Square Footage issue remains very grey.
No two appraisers, builders, or county appraisal district will come up
with the same number. Houses are measured by the outside walls and
in Texas only Air Conditioned Square Footage should count.

So… How do you know what’s right?

By looking at several different appraisals and having your
own [...]

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Boy, you’d think the real estate market is never going to come
back if you listen to mainstream media. Despite the downturn
in markets that went crazy- like Miami, Tampa, Detroit, Las
Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego that have posted double digit
declines, Dallas is still one of the few cities that is still holding
it’s own.

So where [...]

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Dollar per square foot is always the name of the game in real estate.
You make an offer and purchase the home based on this information.

So when looking for a home you should pay particular attention
to the source of square foot information.  It’s usually determined
by 1 of the 3 methods below.

tax roles
appraiser
building plan

How accurate are these?

There can be small variations - lets [...]

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