For Sale, Lot Only

House Lust Lame

Because (1) Sex In The City opens (who’s going to be reading a blog?) and (2) RECON spewed out some mildly depressing sales numbers for us (12.4 percent decrease in sales, prices down 2.6 percent) , downright giddy if you live in San Antonio (16.8 percent decrease, but 5.2 increase in median prices), Victoria (2.4 percent sales decrease with whopping 20 percent median price increase), Beaumont (2.9 percent increase in sales, 7.6 percent increase median prices) or Amarillo (4.9 percent increase in sales, 5.5 percent increase in values). But of course, those places don’t have the fun we do. Or the blondes.

Our Peggy Is A Star

My beautiful D Home colleague and Market Editor as seen at the Caroline Herrera event with George Cameron Nash in the current issue of Paper City. Peggy says I have all the fun with my FBO jet-setting to check out properties. Well, I wasn’t invited to this party, but Peggy was!

Jessica Simpson Moving Our Way??

Just heard from a very reliable source (who heard from another reliable source) that Jessica Simpson is moving to Dallas from LA. Now I thought she had a condo up by the Galleria. But this time she’s looking for real dirt.

21 Million on Joyce Way — East of Preston Road?????

OMG, now this will change all our tax appraisals. (Thank you, wonderful Jeff Duffey!)

RE Harris: WFAA-TV Asks People For Sources

God, this is like sticking my hand back in a bag full of snakes, but I am so proud of our People reporters for cracking that story on John Harris and the scales of justice. Seems our downtown colleagues want them to share.

Bankers’ View Of The Market

I, for one, fear rising interest rates… but forget me, here’s the view from top bankers.