Don Lawyer's (donlawyer) Blog

We had 51 homes sell in Arlington, Mansfield, and Kennedale in the last 24 hours! That is about double the pace we have been at through most of this month. Looks like people are starting to realize it is good to "buy" in a "buyer's market...

With all the negative things being written about the local real estate market, I wanted to let everyone know that there are home sales taking place. In the Arlington, Mansfield, & Kennedale area, we have had 20 homes go under contract in the last 24 hours. I will be updating the local market freq...

Our family went for a fishing trip a couple of weeks ago-didn't catch any fish but look what we did find...From CBS 11 News....ARLINGTON...Gloria Newhouse appeared tired, weary and wet. Her 6-year-old nephew, Dre, seemingly unharmed and wet, too, wondered about all the fuss. But, there was plenty...

Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas-Fort Worth Projected median sales prices for single-family homes:Q1 2008: $151,930Q4 2009: $161,690Growth rate: 6.4 percentThe Metroplex, as locals call the Dallas-Fort Worth region, is smoking,adding jobs at twice the national rate. Better yet, those new jobs areconcentr...

Dallas will probably dodge home price declines as a result of the housing shakeout, a new forecast predicts.Moody's Economy.com predicts that the Dallas area will gain about 3 percent in home prices while most other U.S. cities will see declines over the next couple of years. Here are the top mar...

 20 Things That Can Alter the Value of Your House  This came from Yahoo Finance and I wanted to pass it on....http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/103338/20-Things-That-Can-Alter-the-Value-of-Your-Home#1

YTD Real Estate Statistics Through July  Total number of active listings are up 8% from last year.Total number of homes under contract are down 4% from last year.Total number of sales is down 4% from last year.Here is the link for the full report...http://recenter.tamu.edu/mls/ntreis/jul07/table1...