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Today’s Not the The Last Day to Vote For CandysDirt.com As Dallas’ Best Blog! (But Let’s Pretend it Is!)

By Joanna England / May 2, 2013 /

Actually, you have until May 12. But we thought we would get your attention! OK y’all, head over to the arts and culture ballot for the 2013 Best of Big D voting and pick CandysDirt.com as the best Dallas blog! You’ll get our lasting admiration in return, and you know that’s what you really want!…

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Trulia's Real Estate Lab Can Show Agents How To Write Listings That Get Homes Sold

By Joanna England / March 1, 2013 /

So, with the right listing, even a dilapidated house in the Fair Park area could sell?

Maybe so, according to new research from Trulia.com.

Mixing science and selling, Trulia’s newly minted Real Estate Lab has just published research showing the psychological link between “color” language in real estate listings and a buyer’s attraction.

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Trulia’s Real Estate Lab Can Show Agents How To Write Listings That Get Homes Sold

By Joanna England / March 1, 2013 /

So, with the right listing, even a dilapidated house in the Fair Park area could sell?

Maybe so, according to new research from Trulia.com.

Mixing science and selling, Trulia’s newly minted Real Estate Lab has just published research showing the psychological link between “color” language in real estate listings and a buyer’s attraction.

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Tom and Cinda Hicks Put Dallas’ Famous Crespi Estate on Market for $135 Million with Douglas Newby

By Candy Evans / January 28, 2013 / Comments Off on Tom and Cinda Hicks Put Dallas’ Famous Crespi Estate on Market for $135 Million with Douglas Newby

Looking to find a little estate in the Loire Valley but your spouse wears a “France Sucks” tee? You can have 25 acres that resemble the French countryside and a 48,000 square foot estate so perfect you may never wish to leave. The 25 acre estate of Thomas O. and Cinda Hicks on Walnut Hill Lane and Hollow Way Road in Preston Hollow just hit the non-MLS market for a whopping $135 million. For more photos and all the scoop, check out the site of Douglas Newby, who is the agent.

And it may actually now be the most expensive home listed in the entire United States!

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There’s a Little Construction Over on CandysDirt.com, So Pardon Our Dust

By Candy Evans / January 13, 2013 / Comments Off on There’s a Little Construction Over on CandysDirt.com, So Pardon Our Dust

Falling apart house

I WISH I could call it “re-construction”, as I almost did, and I wish I could report that it was just me getting my boob job to start out 2013 on a higher level.

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