REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE PRICES in Dallas hit an all-time high in 2016. Here is a look at home prices in the Preston Hollow zip codes 75230 and 75220. Real estate agent Doug Selzer of Ebby Halliday Realtors pulled these statistics for us from the Multiple Listing Service. The numbers include sales figures from single-family homes as well as condos and townhomes.

Median Home

In 75230 And 75220

$792,500

9.5% vacant

TOTAL HOUSING UNITS 50,305

90 .5% occupied

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While zip code 75220 has some of the biggest, most expensive houses in Dallas, the median home price for 75230 typically is higher because there are fewer condos and townhomes.

MOST-EXPENSIVE HOMES IN PRESTON HOLLOW

In 2008, the most expensive house in zip code 75220 cost $6.75 million The top number is lower in 2016.

1. $5.03 million

2. $4.85 million

3. $4.47 million

4. $4.06 million

5. $3.9 million

The most expensive home sold in zip code 75230 cost $2.35 million in 2008. The house on the top of the list in 2016 cost about $1 million more.

1. $3.4 million

2. $2.87 million

3. $2.74 million

4. $2.63 million

5. $2.62 million

WE LOOKED at local crime to see which are most prevalent in our neighborhood and how it has shifted from 2015 to 2016. We reached out to the Dallas Police Department for violent and non-violent crime data in Preston Hollow, as defined by the department’s Crime Analysis Unit. The 2016 numbers encompass all crimes from Jan. 1-Nov. 30.

Unsolved murder in North Dallas in 2016

Victim: Ira Tobolowsky

Date of Death: May 13

Address: 7435 Kenshire Lane

The prominent attorney was found dead in his garage, which had been set on fire. In October, the Dallas Police Department released search warrants, which were heavily redacted, that indicate someone had been watching Tobolowsky through holes drilled in his fence prior to his death.

70.8 % increase in theft from 2015