Darren's Lower Greenville Blog

The Big Picture.  Things are pretty good here on Lower Greenville. Despite the dismal economic news, interest rates are good, prices are mostly holding and homes are selling. Even though Dallas saw a 35% decline in home sales in November compared to November 2007, our neighborhood faired well for...

WIN SOME, LOSE SOME.  October was a pretty tough month for Lower Greenville. At the end of the month there were a lot of homes under contract looking to close in November, so hope remained. The good news is that those homes did in fact close. Not as many as July, but pretty good for a November. O...

LIFE GOES ON.  As expected, the trifecta hit the market this month. A Wall Street disaster, the State Fair in town and an election looming have all factored into a really slow October. The inventory remained about the same, but the number of sold properties this month was about half of that in Se...

Between hosting a party for 800 at National Night Out and trying to celebrate a birthday, I'm running a little late getting this month's update posted! The frightening economic meltdown happened after October 1 so the number's in this report do not reflect any impact to the market from that. We m...

For several years now, the neighborhoods of Lower Greenville have held celebrations of National Night Out. As the LGNA Crime Watch coordinator, I've helped organize this event since the begining. I'm a big beleiver in neighborhood building and these events are a great opportunity for neighbors t...

The biggest news continues to be in the new construction part of our market. For those "old home" owners (homes built before 1975), prices are up, , days on market are down, inventory is down and the numbers are actually looking pretty balanced. Hopefully you know that Dallas has been doing much ...

I just returned from 3 very long hours at Dallas City Hall. Today's topic was the Board Of Adjustments Hearing regarding a property recently built at 6159 Oram. Yea, that one. The four story building that was illegally built in a residential neighborhood using a ridiculous loophole in Dallas' bui...

As of July 2008, the market is looking pretty good for us old house owners, ok for new construction owners but not so great for those living in or holding on to tear downs. One thing I always have to explain to people is that "the market is down (or up)" means two very different things. What they...

Ok, so if you don't get the joke, you were probably born before 1980. See the explanation at the bottom of this post. About 12 times a day, somebody asks me "How is the market around here?" Since most of my running buddies live near me in the Lower Greenville area, they are asking about my neighb...