Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Update 11:54 pm: I’m told the building was completely sold out to a developer who revamped it in 2005. No active foreclosures now, but like life anywhere, you can never say never. This unit at the historic Santa Fe Terminal Building #2 , also known as “SoCo Urban Lofts” at 1122 Jackson #1006, is being billed as the most unique loft…
Read MoreI ran to a few open houses Sunday, and wondered if turn-out was lower because people were thrown off by the Daylight Savings change. One agent told me he had to cancel TWO open houses in Preston Hollow: the homeowners had plumb forgotten about the change and were not ready. Others I went to were slow.…
Read MoreI have to go to two open houses, but this really great article from HOUZZ (the best home interiors blog, I think) just crossed my desk and I MUST share. First of all, I have been fighting paper mess for years. YEARS! From the business receipts you must retain to all the paper crap that comes in the mail, I sometimes need a Xanax just to deal with it. The amount of paper mail I get is ridiculous! Many years ago I had a mini-revolution and recycled EVERYTHING, I mean EVERYTHING, then got into trouble when I needed the bill and check stubs. Slowly but surely I have been going electronic with bills and banking and love it.
Read MoreNo kidding! Recall the piece I wrote earlier this week on a gadzillion bathrooms being the newest building craze? I spent the afternoon up at Champ D’Or in Hickory Creek shooting a video, and you learn something new every day. I have been to Champ a few times but never, ever knew the mansion has…
Read MoreThe North Texas real estate market is showing signs that it is getting stronger. Today everyone is reporting the good news, Steve Brown at The Dallas Morning News, and Sandra Baker at the Fort Worth Star Telegram: pre-owned home sales in North Texas soared in February — up 27 percent from a year ago. That’s the biggest rise in six months. And last month’s increase was one of the largest gains the local housing market has seen in the last seven years. Meantime, the number of pending home purchases is increasing even faster: up a whopping 35 percent jump from a year ago.
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