Articles for May 27th, 2008
Homeless Billionaire: New Trend For The Rich?
You’ve got to admire this man…
NAR and DOJ To Settle Lawsuit Over MLS
The NAR agrees not to with hold MLS data from multiple listing services from companies that operate VOW-based search sites. �
Dallas Home Prices Down 3%?
But of course, you take this to the Dallas County Appraisal District and they look at you like it’s 2005.
Home Sales Down, Values Up ???????
This is the story nationally. Not locally. I will tell you everything in the state of Florida seems to be for sale. However, I also found some buyers in the Panhandle hunting for bargains. Meantime, from now on we’re going to take a “staycation“.
Welcome To The Second Home Reality
So, I am sitting at the airport in Pensacola, Florida. We were supposed to leave this morning from Fort Walton Beach, but American Eagle oversold the flight. They offered to shuttle us to Pensacola to leave on a 1:00 p.m. flight. It’s storming in Dallas so everything is delayed royally. Of course AAL cannot help the weather (and despite the company’s recent blunders, I appreciate a safe arrival more than anything) but I am writing on second home ownership. All this has me thinking: one of the biggest sells for any second home property is the “lift”, the ease of getting to the property via airline. Recall the good old days before $4.00 per gallon gas prices when you could get on Expedia and find air fares cheaper than your grocery bill at Whole Foods? Now they are overselling flights, cancelling, restricting luggage, etc. In other words, the lift is getting clipped. What, I ask, is the effect going to be on the second home market?Â
Ann and George Hartley Are Alive & Well On The Redneck Riviera
You may recall a darling store at Preston Center and on Lovers Lane called Ann Hartley a few years back in Dallas. Well, I am in the Redneck Riviera for the weekend, red as a lobster, body surfing (with care, sadly two people have died in the Gulf this weekend), and had the pleasure of meeting the fabulous peep behind that store, Ann and George, at a cocktail party Saturday night. Ann and George Hartley and three children left Dallas for the sunshine state a few years ago. Now he has a darling restaurant called The Seagrove MarketCafe (world famous Po-Boys and Grouper sandwiches) where we lived it up on hush puppies and fried oysters. George is opening a new restaurant down on county road 30A this June. The name: George’s. Ann shops Paris with willing tourists. Both have a new home at Alys Beach and send their love to everyone in Dallas. If you head this way, get over to the SeagroveMarketCafe and, in about 30 days, George’s.
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