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Open House : Sunday, May 6th 2-4pm : Lafayette Square Townhomes

New Construction Townhome

3 bedroom, 2.1 bathrooms Home size: 1,912 sq ft Property Type: Residential, Townhome MLS Number: 11754963 Community: Area #12/11 Subdivision: Lafayette Square New construction and inner city townhome living at its best. Open floorplan and lots of windows makes the living space inviting and enjoyable. Any aspiring chef will love the kitchen with granite counters [...]

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Highland Park Soda Fountain’s 100th Anniversary

Highland Park Soda Fountain

One-hundred years is a long time to be in business, and a Dallas neighborhood hangout is celebrating that milestone. The Highland Park Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain has been open since 1912. In celebration, the owners have planned a week of activities, including spinning a wheel for prizes. The restaurant used to be known as the Highland [...]

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Bush Turnpike Western Extension Forging Ahead in Downtown Grand Prairie

Bush Turnpike Western Extension Forging Ahead in Downtown Grand Prairie

In downtown Grand Prairie, the south side of the Jefferson Street bridge recently opened, including access from the bridge to both north- and southbound State Highway 161 frontage roads, as work continues on the Western Extension of the President George Bush Turnpike. The entrance to the Bank of America building off of the northbound SH [...]

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RED Day is Right Around the Corner!

RED Day is Right Around the Corner!

There’s only one more week before Keller Williams Realty’s 4th annual RED Day and I wanted to make sure you had a chance to volunteer. We’ll be dedicating our time to the North Texas Food Bank. I can appreciate how busy you must be and we would be so honored to have you there. Imagine [...]

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A Big DON’T When Buying A Home

A Big DON

When trying to get a loan to buy a house remember only one important fact…it is all about your credit score.  The higher your FICO score, the more credit worthy you become. Not only that, you become eligible for loan programs and interest rates that a borrower with lesser credit is not privy to. One [...]

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Seniors and Young Adults Will Influence The Housing Market

Seniors and Young Adults Will Influence The Housing Market

Over the next two decades, the aging baby boomer generation will swell the nation’s senior population by 30 million. That demographic shift will likely help increase the supply of housing, since people over age 65 typically release much more housing than they absorb. NAR President Moe Veissi noted that current market trends favor would-be homeowners [...]

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You Are Invited to Red Day!

Keller Williams Realty Red Day 2012

One of the best things about RED Day is that the entire community can get involved. So when you’re out to lunch with friends and family – be sure and mention your participation in RED Day and ask if they’d like to get involved! The more people we have volunteering, the more good we can [...]

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Volunteers Wade Through Trash to Tidy Lake Ray Hubbard

Lake Ray Hubbard Trash Pickup

An unslightly trash buildup at Lake Ray Hubbard may have met its match on Sunday. Every time it storms, trash washes up on the banks of the lake northeast of Dallas. So more than three dozen volunteers from the International We Love U Foundation met to do a dirty job. Armed with paint buckets and [...]

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Spring Is In The Air…Patio Season Has Begun

Spring Patio Ideas

Spring has arrived and it is time to enjoy the beautiful weather. What better way to do so than by sprucing up your patio into an inviting and relaxing getaway.  Here is a little inspiration for your patio. Adding a new patio to your home will add value to it, not only as real estate but enjoyment [...]

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Preliminary DART Plan Includes Higher Fares for Some

Dart Public Transportation

DART wants to hike fares to raise revenue by more than $7 million per year. The plan is only preliminary at his point, and there will be a public hearing on the matter in June. In the preliminary plan, the most common monthly pass would go from $65 to $80. Additionally, riders who qualify for [...]

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