North Texas Is The Fastest Growing Region In The Country

This may very well have been what Frisco's city limit signs looked like before the millennium, when very few people in North Texas knew much about the then fledgling town. But now, according to this MSN Real Estate list that names the Top 15 Fastest Growing Cities in the country, Frisco is the fastest growing city in the entire country! North Texas made a strong showing with McKinney surprisingly coming in strong at the #2 spot, and Denton coming in respectably at #13.

The only other Texas city to make an appearance on the list is Round Rock at #7.

This House is Like a Door Knob...

...everyone's had a turn. Or, "this house has been around the block". Anyone? Anyone? No? Okay. I thought it was funny. Anwyay, check out this home's listing history affectionately known as Sonnyland in Frisco. If you read D Magazine or D Home then you've surely seen their ad over the last 4 years. You haven't seen a colorful listing history until you've seen this one. Where to begin, how about 2004?

Keller Williams for 71 days
Listed 5/04 at $4,150,000
Expired 8/04 at $3,995,000

Hoffman International for a hair raising 612 days
Listed 8/04 at $4,200,000
Expired 4/06 at $3,600,000

Ebby Halliday for 232 days
Listed 5/06 at $2,995,000
Expired 12/06 at $3,495,000 (Raising the price $1.5 million. Really?)

Took a break from MLS from 1/07 to 6/07

Sharif Munir for 226 days (What's up with listing with Sharif Munir? Interesting choice)
Listed 6/07 at $3,375,000
Expired 1/08 at $3,400,000 (What's the $25K increase in price for?)

Sharif Munir - again - for 42 days
Listed 1/08 at $2,600,000
Expired 3/08 at $2,600,000

Whew! My head is spinning. Having started off asking $4.2 million and last listed at $2.6 million, if you add up all the days this house has been in the MLS it equates to a heart stopping 1,183 days! That has to be the longest listing history in the history of foreverness. Not sure why, but it reminds me of this.