Jon Anderson

An award-winning columnist, Jon has earned silver and bronze awards for his columns from the National Association of Real Estate Editors in both 2016, 2017 and 2018. When he isn't in Hawaii, Jon enjoys life in the sky in Dallas.

Prices Are Movin’ Further Into The Ciel at Harwood’s Bleu Ciel

By Jon Anderson / April 23, 2015 /

This morning’s Ebby Alert contained a surprise. Prices at the Bleu Ciel (the next rich, rich, rich highrise in Dallas) are rising right along with construction. So if you’ve been fiddling and diddling about putting a deposit down, it’s gonna cost ya! Originally the 158 units had starting prices of $700,000 for the smallest 1,373-square-foot…

BombSHELLs: The Shelton’s Secret Penthouses

By Jon Anderson / April 17, 2015 /

Wow! I stumbled into Carolina Rendon’s hip pocket and neither of us felt a thing – but I saw something wonderful that stirred my renovator’s heart. But I get ahead of myself… In 1983, The Shelton popped up in Preston Center located on Luther Lane just south of Northwest Highway and east of the Tollway.…

Sweetie Darling, Get Some Champagne for Candy

By Jon Anderson / April 15, 2015 /

  It’s with a still-full stomach and a manageable hangover that I report from the “morning after” of the inaugural CandysDirt.com “Staff Meeting” event. On hand at one of the hippest pocket listings ever at the Athena were the bees’ knees of Preston Center real estate. The invited included a cadre from Ebby – office…

‘Remote Control’ Real Estate: From Tokyo to Dallas With Love (Sorry San Antonio!)

By Jon Anderson / April 10, 2015 /

Coinciding with cherry blossom season, I received a note from a reader in Japan (Candy covers the world!). The writer, an American school teacher is contemplating relocating back to the US in a couple of years. She’s specifically looking at midrise and highrise buildings in Dallas with a view. Her idea of “view” could be…

Texas Condo Laws: TUCAn or TUCAn’t? Jon Anderson Breaks Down Condo Association Laws

By Jon Anderson / April 3, 2015 /

Let me caveat this by saying that, unlike a woman discussed in last week’s post,  I’m not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV. That said, I can read. Texas condominium associations formed after January 1, 1994 are governed by the Texas Uniform Condominium Act (TUCA) which falls under Chapter 82 of the…