Dallas Home Buyers Going Green  More and more Dallas home buyers looking for green features in the home they buy. The green trend is a means of lowering costs, becoming more environmentally friendly, and adopting a healthier lifestyle.  The average green buyer will shell out $12,400-on average-for green features, according to the National Association of REALTORS. National Association of Home Builders green-building standards program manager Kevin Morrow expects the market share of green-certified homes to rise to 20 percent in 2010 from about 10 percent in 2009 and 2 percent in 2006.  Green features Dallas home buyers are looking for include energy efficiency, water efficiency, resource efficiency, and indoor air quality and include such elements as Energy Star appliances, low-flow show... 02/05/2009

The Dallas Observer publishes a great article on teh tale of two different neigborhoods. CHeck out http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-01-29/news/empty-victory/1 or see below: Dallas' Victory Park Struggles to Deliver a Win Blame it on a bad economy, a bad idea or both. Ross Perot Jr.'s glitzy downtown district is in big trouble By Matt Pulle Published on January 28, 2009 at 2:19pm In October 2007, Dallas businessman Ross Perot Jr. was featured in a USA Today story about the unlikely rise of urban living in Texas. Photographed on the balcony of the towering Ghostbar, at the apex of the posh W Hotel, Perot looked confident as he discussed why developments such as his Victory Park-a $1 billion glimmering collection of high-rises, pricey restaurants and shops jutting from the American Airli... 02/04/2009

  I was reading the USA Today over breakfast this morning and on the cover is an article about how the US Postal Service is needing to find ways to save cash and to keep operating.   Now I understand that with today's technology that using the post office to send letter's will decline, but shouldn't the bigger picture be how the US Post Office is functioning?  We need to look at it in the terms that it is a business.  The US Postal Service according to the USA Today's article, "With 650,000 workers, the Postal Service is the USA's third-largest employer, after Wal-Mart and the Defense Department. It has the nation's biggest vehicle fleet — and high gas prices cost it $500 million last year."   And since it is a government organization of course layoff's are rare "Union contracts make l... 02/03/2009

    Trinity Trails Northside Drive and Samuels to Foster Park Fort Worth, Texas Phone: (817) 871-PARK Call for Directions   White Rock Lake 8300 Garland Rd. Dallas, TX 75218 Phone: (214) 670-8740   Cedar Ridge Preserve 7171 Mountain Creek Parkway Dallas, TX 75249 Phone: (972) 293-5150   Cedar Hill State Park 1570 F.M. 1382 Cedar Hill, TX 75104 Phone: (972) 291-3900   Cross Timbers Trail Texoma Lake Office 351 Corps Rd. Denison, TX 75020 Phone: (903) 465-4990 Call for Directions   Waxahachie Creek Park 401 S. Rogers St. Waxahachie, TX 75165 Phone: (972) 937-0655   Fort Worth Nature Center 9601 Fossil Ridge Rd. Fort Worth, TX 76135 Phone: (817) 237-1111   Linda Spurlock Park 6400 Glenview Dr. N Richland Hills, TX 76180 Phone: (817) 590-8049   Breckinridge Park 3555 Park Vista Rd. Richards... 02/02/2009

BANK TRIVIA CLOSINGS Federal regulators closed three banks as the ongoing credit crisis showed no signs of abating. Utah’s MagnetBank fourth bank failure of the year, FDIC was forced to directly refund depositors after being unable to find another institution willing take over operations. First time  FDIC unable to locate an acquirer for a failed bank in nearly five years, The FDIC later said it has also closed Maryland-based Suburban Federal Savings Bank, and Florida’s Ocala National Bank… The closures mark the fourth, fifth and sixth bank failures of 2009, bringing the total to 31 since the start of the credit crisis     CONTACT OUR OFFICE TODAY 972-699-9111 Lynn A. Crosby ~ National Featured Realtor "...Specializing in Residential, Commercial Properties and Loans..." Dallas Realtor ... 01/31/2009

  I love working as a Dallas Real Estate agent when  locating a Dallas apartments for rent.  We preview Dallas hi rise locations have amazing views.  Not until recently Dallas had apartment buildings in our city offered tremendous Dallas downtown views of urban living.    Saturday evenings many residents returning Dallas Downtown area enjoy dining, night out with friends and family.  The amenities offered Dallas apartment buildings never want to live anywhere else.    Spoil residents from wine tastings, chefs, private gatherings, valet services, dog walking much much more.  Now if only served breakfast in bed !.... Ummm.     CONTACT OUR OFFICE TODAY 972-699-9111 Lynn A. Crosby ~ National Featured Realtor "...Specializing in Residential, Commercial Properties and Loans..." Dallas Realto... 01/31/2009

Are you tired of stained carpets from pets, kids, and etc.  I resolved issue in my home, pulled up all carpet, faux finished concrete WOW, it looks great, no more hassles….  I love doing my own general contracting.  It is a task at hand however I did not want hardwood flooring, and tile can become dated.          CONTACT OUR OFFICE TODAY 972-699-9111 Lynn A. Crosby ~ National Featured Realtor "...Specializing in Residential, Commercial Properties and Loans..." Dallas Realtor -    The Michael Group "Dallas Business Journal 08' list top realtors" Dallas Loan Officer - Homewise Lending Dallas Real Estate Office:(972) 699-9111 Dallas Real Estate Website:   Lynn911.com 60,000 listings Dallas homes for sale
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Clients are great!  When scheduling time with my buyer preview DFW properties she refused to make a comment till met me in person.   I am unconfirmed where conversation will lead, her statement “ My customer service far beyond her expectations… I treated her as if she was purchasing a million home, how many realtors turned services down due to fact only afford a $80K home, realtors were not going make any money off her why bother … she started crying …I gave her a hug stated “isn’t your home a castle you deserve red carpet treatment”…. Needless say I now have 5 new clients she has referred   KEEP in mind we touch sooo many lives…. I won’t forget her.   CONTACT OUR OFFICE TODAY 972-699-9111 Lynn A. Crosby ~ National Featured Realtor "...Specializing in Residential, Commercial Properties... 01/31/2009

Do you ever receive sooooo much spam wonder how to stop it!  Driving you crazy! Simple solution, return where you post blogs, website marketing campaigns, ads for your listings DELETE your email address however maintain your contact number, etc.   The daily spam will drop toooo an all time low.  I did YEAH, still receive spam reduced by 90 % !   CONTACT OUR OFFICE TODAY 972-699-9111 Lynn A. Crosby ~ National Featured Realtor "...Specializing in Residential, Commercial Properties and Loans..." Dallas Realtor -    The Michael Group "Dallas Business Journal 08' list top realtors" Dallas Loan Officer - Homewise Lending Dallas Real Estate Office:(972) 699-9111 Dallas Real Estate Website:    lynn911.com 60,000 listings Dallas homes for sale   01/31/2009

It seems to me, year after year, that the medical profession is trying harder and harder to force a show down.Bad enough that costs have sky rocketed, forcing many who need certain care to have to opt to go without it.But now we have doctors at war with insurance providers. One well-known Dallas doctor, for an example, refuses to accept any health insurance underwritten by Aetna.  Aetna is one of the largest providers in the nation.  Tens of thousands of teachers, for an example, are group insurance clients of Atena.And then there's Aetna:  Aetna will make payments to Baylor Hospital but refuses to acknowledge bills from Baylor Imaging.  Baylor is Baylor.  What's going on here?  Either accept all or nothing.Dental insurance covers 50%, so the dentist uses that as a reason to increase t... 01/29/2009

Gated neighborhoods in Preston Hollow are rare. Gates for public streets are almost unheard of. Once the gates are put on Daria for the protection and benefit of President and Mrs. Bush the land on his street will double in price. To find out why the land prices have been low on Daria and Daria Place and why the land prices will soar in value once the gates are installed, read the entire blog post at the Dallas Real Estate Blog. 01/29/2009

If you are thinking about buying some Dallas real estate and or some Dallas homes for sale then you need to go ahead and check us out and we will do our best to help you with everything along the way.  These Dallas homes for sale on the market right now will not last for ever.  So if you are thinking about buying you should do it right away and it will help.  01/29/2009

Dallas ended the year on a relatively sour note. More homes sold in December than in November, but this was a drop from 2007. The loss cemented a loss for the year. Every month, except September, saw a drop from the previous year’s sales. And, every month had a double-digit drop from its 2006 counterpart. There is a similar picture emerging in average and median home prices. Although these prices went up from November 2008, they are still down from 2007 and part of a trend of loss in 2008. There was a 3.6 percent drop in the average home price, and a 3.25 percent drop in the median price from December 2007. Overall, the average price of home sales was down 2.6 percent from 2007. The median price was down 2.63 percent for the year. You can read more at our Dallas Real Estate Blog stats ... 01/28/2009

I woke up this morning bright and early around 5:15 to a driveway covered in about an inch of ice!  I am the sane one in the family that nornally would not get out in this type of weather, but my wife, who is a Trauma ICU nurse has to go in no matter what (sick people don't stop getting sick just because Dallas shuts down due to ice!).   So after ten minutes of working to get the car door open, we get it started so I can turn on the window defrosters.  We head out onto 75 around 6 AM and there were quite a few people on the road... Mostly people who were driving to fast or following too close (do people not understand that it takes a lot further distance to stop when you have ice on the ground?).   What is normally a 20-25 minute drive from Richardson to Methodist Hospital took us abou... 01/28/2009

There has been much publicity about the first-time home buyers income-tax credit passed by Congress last fall. But how does this tax credit work and how will it help Dallas home buyers? To qualify for the tax credit, the home buyer cannot have owned a home in the previous three years. The home must be a principal residence and purchased between April 9, 2008 and July 1, 2009. The credit is equal to 10 percent of the purchase price, up to $7,500. Single taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) up to $75,000 and couples with MAGI up to $150,000 will qualify for full credit. Singles with MAGI up to $95,000 and couples with MAGI up to $170,000 will get a reduced amount. Those with higher incomes don't qualify. If the amount of tax a home buyer owes is less than the amount of the... 01/27/2009

Four times this weekend, with the last concert to begin Sunday at 2:30 PM at the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas residents and visitors have had a perfect opportunity to see and hear a musical package that is as close to an anomaly as I have experienced since my childhood. <<--Leonard Salatkin The Dallas Symphony, augmented with so many additional musicians that there was only room on the stage for the back quarter of the 9 foot Steinway grand, totally blew its symphonic guts out, bringing the audience to its feet at the end of the Dvorak finale, with hoops and hollers of praise of a kind and quality last experienced at a Texas-OU football game. The occasion was very special.  One of the world's greatest conductors, Leonard Salatkin, was the guest maestro.  One of the world's greatest ... 01/24/2009

The average U.S. household will pay $2,300 this year on residential energy costs, with heating accounting for almost 45 percent of that total, according to the Alliance to Save Energy, a nonprofit public policy group based in Washington, D.C. Gas and electric costs are up from last year, the group says. Data from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration shows that homes heated with natural gas will pay about $30 more compared to last winter, while those heating with electricity will pay about $80 more. In Pennsylvania, for example, where about 55 percent of residents' home energy bills are devoted to heating, costs for consumers using natural gas or electricity are projected to increase by about $90 and $125, respectively, compared with last winter's. To help co... 01/24/2009

Special incentives also exist for inventory homes. Please contact me for detailed information about the community. The builder also developed and built the exclusive gated community of Coventry on the Creek. They are great to work with and are even willing to customize homes for your clients to make sure their needs are met. Located just east of Preston Road and south of Frankford Road in Plano ISD, Davenport Meadows is conveniently located near work, shopping and recreational activities. Already 43% sold, this community will include 42 townhomes when complete. Homes are now available in 5 floorplans or build to suite. Your clients will be inspired by the 3 model homes and currently 6 inventory homes that are move-in ready. One and two-story townhomes with private patio yard and a 2-car... 01/22/2009

Dallas Among Top Places To Find A Job Of course, the Dallas real estate market is dependent on its residents having gainful employment. That's why it is important that Dallas is on Ajilon Professional Staffing's list of top 10 cities to find a job, according to Forbes.com. To compile the list, Ajilon's researchers started by examining the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Metropolitan Area Jobs Report, published in October, to find the cities with the lowest unemployment rate and highest number of new jobs created in the previous six months. They then combined that data with other evidence from their offices throughout the country to discover why these cities have the best job situations.  Dallas' job growth is concentrated in government positions related to energy. The city also has growing ... 01/21/2009

My New Years Resolution Was To Get Back into My Routine of Exercising (I use to be a hardcore gym rat going two times sometimes even three times a day!)... So, in order to help me get back into a routine I joined a fitness boot camp that is owned and operated by my old 24 hour fitness manager Mike Thorton.   Mike Thorton of Fitness Now runs a boot camp that is more motivational than it is military style like some of the other camps that are offered around the Dallas area.  You have you option of going 3,4, or 5 times a week at three different times (5:30 AM, 6:30AM, 5:45 PM).  We meet in the parking lot of Brinker's headquarters off 635 and Hillcrest and it is definately the best hour work out around!  His rates are affordable and he gives discounts to returning campers who have an 80%... 01/20/2009