In 2016, I did a TEDx Talk, Homes That Make Us Happy, based on my blog article, Characteristics of Homes People Love. I look back at those insights to show that the characteristics of homes people love were apparent even before the pandemic. However, the pandemic made us focus on the elements of the homes…
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Harper Belmont Media interviewed Douglas Newby for a documentary they were doing on short-term rentals (STRs). Here are 20 video clips taken from that interview where I am discussing additional dwelling units (ADUs) and STRs and what happens when density is added to single-family zoned neighborhoods. Included in the conversation are the reasons why adding…
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Tom Foster, a Texas Monthly writer, wrote an article on Allie Beth Allman and her large presence in the Dallas real estate market. She is a deserving subject as she is the last of the residential real estate titans of a generation. Ebby Halliday is gone, Charles Freeman is gone, Virginia Cook is retired, and…
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The trickle of people moving from Los Angeles to Dallas five years ago has now become a wave. People are moving from Los Angeles to Dallas for the same reasons that for years people moved to Los Angeles. For generations people moved to Los Angeles for the blue skies, beautiful weather and the sense of freedom…
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Dallas Restaurants Receive National Accolades Dallas is partially defined by the national accolades directed to its new Dallas restaurants. In 2019, the last year restaurants were open, Bon Appétit named Dallas the Restaurant City of the year. Two of the Dallas restaurants were named in the top 10 new restaurants in the country, with the…
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The pandemic has us focusing more on the criteria for choosing a city, a neighborhood and a home. It comes down to aesthetics, economics and future happiness — the foundation of organic urbanism. Aesthetics drive the economics of a neighborhood and a home. The health of a city and neighborhood contributes to the happiness and…
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For the people who really love their home, 10 characteristics that make them happy come up over and over again…
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Shelter in place has us focused on the characteristics of a home that makes us happy. What makes us happy in a home has not changed, but since we are spending more time in a home than ever, we are focused on what makes us happy in a home. Neighborhoods become more important during shelter…
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Interior designer Ken Fulk created a celestial study that maybe suggests Jupiter or Uranus is in the Fourth House propelling exuberance in design. Or maybe the fanned out tarot cards on the table show a destiny card indicating 2021 design with notes of green and Aegean Teal, the Benjamin Moore color of the year. Or…
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Small changes in a neighborhood can often have great impact good and bad. Here gates double value.
How an agent writes about a home in MLS Remarks impacts how well the home sells. I will be giving you an example of how generic MLS remarks might cost the seller a million dollars. If an agent can’t write about a home, an agent can’t talk about a home. If an agent can’t talk…
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When sheltering at home people think about their homes differently. Nature, views, sunlight permeate their thoughts. Previously content homeowners become buyers during the pandemic. This is a specific examples of homes buyers desire that has all the characteristics of home people love , even more during a pandemic. Homebuyers Want Their Home to Look Over…
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Redlining a neighborhood is very detrimental to the neighborhood, but it made homeownership for low-income groups more accessible. Bluelining a neighborhood is also very detrimental to the neighborhood, but it is devastating to low-income blacks and other lowincome groups that want to buy a home.
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The AIA Dallas Tour of Homes is the most important and beneficial home tour in Dallas. This AIA Tour of Homes combines the best of the other home tours in Dallas. The other tours of homes in Dallas have served many purposes for nearly 50 years. Legacy of Dallas Home Tours The Swiss Avenue Mother’s…
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The pandemic has us thinking about wealth and luxury in a more profound way—more than superficial opulence and privilege, but as a guiding force in determining homes that make us happy living, working and playing. Wealth and luxury impact homes and the real estate market more significantly than builder or industry design trends. Those with…
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