Honey to make beeline from Central Market roof to Dallas shoppers

Honey to make beeline from Central Market roof to Dallas shoppers

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It takes 6,000 flowers and 1,200 bees traveling the equivalent of seven trips around the world to make a single teaspoon of honey. The bees on Central Market’s roof produced about 400 pounds at the most recent harvest and will produce another harvest in the fall.

Does Breaking a Lease Affect Your Credit? You Bet it Does

Does Breaking a Lease Affect Your Credit? http://news360.com/article/297087042

Millennials Poised to Pounce on Housing Market, Poll Finds

Millennials Poised to Pounce on Housing Market, Poll Finds 

http://news360.com/article/299429554

The threat of rising interest rates and higher home prices might not deter a pent-up market: first-time millennial homebuyers. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of adults ages 25 to 34 participating in asurvey of Realtor.com visitors said they intend to buy a home within three months. That’s up from 54% of the site’s users responding to the same survey in January.

Fun festival returns to Dallas to deliver 50 dizzyingly fast one-minute plays

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Ever find yourself thinking, “Man, I’d like to go see more theater, but plays are loooong”? When the One-Minute Play Festival returns in August, you’ll be out of excuses.

A Guide to Far North Dallas-Preston Highlands

A Guide to Far North Dallas-Preston Highlands

http://neighborhoods.dmagazine.com/dallas/far-north-dallas/preston-highlands/

This neighborhood is great for upwardly mobile homebuyers who want a Dallas address with the benefits of Plano schools. 

5 Ways To Improve Curb Appeal

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It's common knowledge that before selling, it's important to spruce up the outside of the home to give a good first-impression to potential buyers.

Small upgrades to a home's exterior like adding a fresh coat of paint to a front door, installing new landscaping, and adding a new deck easy are ways to increase a home's value and add curb appeal.

Inside Dallas' Private Art Museums

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Contemporary art has moved into the mainstream. Pop stars like Björk receive blockbuster museum shows; hip-hop artists like Jay Z brag about the blue-chip names in their collections. It seems like every time an auction house mounts a sale, headlines announce record-breaking prices. The art fair-fueled art market has made collecting contemporary art a social pastime. 

Better Days Ahead for First-Time Buyers

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2015/07/28/better-days-ahead-for-first-time-buyers?om_rid=AACAVe&om_mid=_BVt8orB9EAz$Fp&om_ntype=RMODaily

For now, first-time home buyers have mostly found themselves in a sellers market, faced with above-average price appreciation and bidding wars due to limited inventories of homes for-sale.

Read more: Home Prices Reach an All-Time High

But in the second half of the year, the market is expected to shift toward more of a balance as more sellers – motivated by higher home prices – put their homes on the market, alleviating the inventory shortage. This will help provide buyers with more choices of homes to buy as well as likely soften the speed at which home prices are rising.

Long-awaited Richardson dog park to open this weekend

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The pages of Richardson’s history are truly dog-eared this week, as the city will open its first-ever dog park at noon Saturday.

North Texas slams the competition in the Texas economy

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/07-31-15-north-texas-economy-report/

Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University put together a monthly report on the state of the Texas economy, and the news for locals is good: Of the 26 metropolitan areas studied, two of the most prosperous are in North Texas.

Uptown Farmers Market at West Village

http://dallas.culturemap.com/eventdetail/uptown-farmers-market-west-village/79596/

West Village will present the newest Dallas farmers market, in partnership with Uptown Dallas, every Saturday through October. The farmers market will feature a variety of the following vendors: