Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
It was about this time last year that Shonda Novak of the Austin American-Statesman first reported that former cycling champion Lance Armstrong listed his house in West Austin for sale. The price tag was $8.25 million for the 8,000-square-foot property which he bought in 2013. The house is exquisite. 1706 Windsor Road, in the Old Enfield…
It sold on July 25, 2016, snapped up by young designer Ashley Tripplehorn and her husband, Ward Hunt. Owned by Kenny Goss, former partner of pop singer George Michael and principal in the Goss-Michael Foundation, the 5,538-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-and-a-half bath home came to the market at just under $4 million. It closed at $2.9 after…
Shortly before our holiday pause, we reached out to several agents and asked them to look into their crystal ball and tell us what we think the real estate market is going to look like this year. I have my own ideas. Naturally, we had to grab Alex Doubet, the somewhat controversial young hot shot…
I am writing this without my glasses because I am so eager to get it up. Last summer, we visited Reno, Nevada and I jut fell in love. A mere two hour direct flight from DFW, we landed at a small airport with caring employees, no rigamarole, and we were at our home and drinking…
So we know what the experts say — expect 2017 to be a more “normal” real estate market in North Texas and across the nation, with continued softness at the luxury level. Recall it was just in September that Starlight Capital chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht said you couldn’t give away homes in the rich…
