Dallas Homes Center

If you purchased property this past year and you are living in it, it’s time to file for your homestead exemption.  You can do it online at your favorite county tax appraisers web site by downloading the form. What is a Texas Homestead Exemption? It provides legal protection regarding your home and can also save [...]

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It’s true or so they say…whose they? This is an issue for the 81st Texas Legislature to discuss on January 13, 2009 when they convene.  They are fighting for you and me – private property owners and real estate professional across the state. Then why do I find appraisals way over the limit for the [...]

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You can really get depressed looking at sales data for housing, so to take a different spin on it – I’ll look at the opportunities that present themselves from bad data.  While the numbers for September won’t be out till the 8th lets take a look at the two Uptown zip codes: 75201 and 75204 [...]

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I usually post Open Houses for the weekend but since it’s Easter there just aren’t that many. So, here’s a chart to consider if you’re thinking of buying or investing in Dallas real estate. Dallas hasn’t experienced the price appreciation of other cities but we do have our share of sub prime disasters. The townhome [...]

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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 [...]

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