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Buying a new home is exciting. You get to build your dream from the ground up, choosing your lot, your model, interior finishes and upgrades. But like any home purchase, buying new construction is serious business, an expensive transaction with many financial implications. That’s why it’s a good idea to obtain representation from a Realtor® when considering aRead More
Julie Fancher, Dallas Morning News Mayor Harry LaRosiliere declared Plano an urban city at last month’s state of the city address. And Livability.com agreed. The website named downtown Plano among the top 10 Best Downtowns in America. Plano, which ranked eighth on the list, was the only city in Texas to be included. Alexandria, Va., was No. 1.Read More
Jason Wheeler, WFAA PLANO — Toyota’s new $350 million North American headquarters building near the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and the Sam Rayburn Tollway isn’t due to be completed until Spring 2017. By the end of next year, the auto giant plans to house about 4,000 employees there, many of them transplants from Toyota’s current headquarters in Torrance,Read More
Dallas Business Journal It didn’t take long for Los Angeles-based Regent Properties to announce plans for a massive $120 million redevelopment of Texas Instruments’ former Spring Creek campus in Plano. The firm acquired the property on Dec. 17. That’s because there was no time to waste, with potential office tenants seeking more than 7 million square feet ofRead More
Banking and financial services company J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has signed a letter of intent to develop a new regional campus in Plano’s Legacy West to bring 6,000 North Texas employees. The $2 billion mixed-use development long has been rumored as the top choicefor J.P. Morgan Chase’s project. Enlarge An aerial of the proposed $2 billion LegacyRead More
You may qualify for federal, state or local down payment and closing cost programs that can help you buy your first home. That’s right. Click here on the Bank of America link. Many lenders have this. Now you have a simple and direct way to find out if you may qualify for federal, state or local down paymentRead More
The following table provides 2015 property tax rates for Dallas Fort Worth area cities and towns. Often, it will be said that “blah blah city has really high taxes, don’t move there.” This is misleading as the tax rates are very similar. The appraised value (purchase price) can vary substantially from one location to another on an identicalRead More
Roughly 9,000 California companies moved their headquarters or diverted projects to out-of-state locations in the last seven years, and Dallas-Fort Worth has been a prime beneficiary of the Golden State’s “hostile” business environment. That’s the conclusion of study by Joseph Vranich, a site selection consultant and president of Irvine, California-based Spectrum Location Solutions. Of the 9,000 businesses thatRead More
Real estate transactions that start out fine can unravel for any number of reasons. Even with a signed contract, problems can crop up at various points along the way to closing. But when you’re aware of what can go wrong, you may be able to avoid such problems. Here are a few to watch for. The buyers changeRead More
Top Ranked TX Schools in DFW Area: (click here for map) To be eligible for a state ranking, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal. DFW lands 25 of the t0p 100 school districts in Texas. Texas has 1,031 public school districts. 2 Carroll Independent School District Northeast Tarrant Township, TX 3 Plano Independent SchoolRead More
Many home buyers wrestle with the decision of whether to buy a new home or one that’s pre-owned. There was a time when this decision was more difficult to make because the features were similar. However, new building materials and construction techniques have created financial and lifestyle advantages, making the new home purchase a far superior choice. Here’s why:Read More
Google Streetview This undeveloped patch of Plano prairie is the prospective future home of a Liberty Mutual insurance campus that would consolidate operations from other areas of the country. The site is just east of J.C. Penney’s headquarters campus and just north of the Legacy West urban village site where construction just got underway. By STEVE BROWN stevebrown@dallasnews.comRead More
Dallas Morning News; August 28, 2014 Some folks in McKinney are already calling the new Trinity Falls subdivision northwest of town “the Toyota development.” The 1,700-acre planned community on the banks of the Trinity River regularly attracts visits from Toyota employees preparing for the company’s huge move here. Over the next 30 months, Toyota will pack up itsRead More
By Steve Brown, stevebrown@dallasnews.com A Tulsa company that’s the U.S. subsidiary of an international tool firm is moving its headquarters to Plano. Hilti is moving its offices into the new Legacy Tower in West Plano. (Steve Brown) Hilti North America said Tuesday that it will relocate 250 jobs Texas. “Moving the corporate headquarters to the Dallas Metroplex puts usRead More
NEW YORK (CNNMoney), By Les Christie @CNNMoney September 29, 2014: 8:20 AM ET More Americans moved to Texas in recent years than any other state: A net gain of more than 387,000 in the latest Census for 2013. And Austin was the fastest growing major city. (McKinney a close second) Jobs is the No. 1 reason for populationRead More