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Will Baby Boomers Stay Put in the Suburbs or Flee to Retirement Communities?

By Candy Evans / July 1, 2011 /

This article in the Washington Post says that Baby Boomers are changing the face of suburbia and staying put, rather than retiring to the likes of Florida and Arizona, as their parents did, once they retire. The U.S. Census showed how rapidly America’s suburbs are growing — despite efforts to squeeze us into greener, urban multi-family…

Introducing CandysDirt.com: Daily Local Real Estate Dish by Dallas Real Estate Insider Candy Evans Plus Something Very, Very Tweet

By Candy Evans / June 29, 2011 /

It’s been quiet here on SecondShelters.com, but I’ve not been slacking. I’m proud to announce that CandysDirt.com is now up and running! It will be everything DallasDirt was and more, and will be hosted on many sites around town from the Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo to You+Media, and more in the works! I’ll be weaning my…

Did Real Estate Get John Wiley Price in Hot Water?

By Candy Evans / June 28, 2011 /

WFAA-TV is reporting that John Wiley Price has doubled his real estate portfolio in the last 12 months. This is Price’s home in North Oak Cliff. According to some Dallas County records digging by Channel 8, Price has been buying up a lot of property in and around his North Oak Cliff home during the…

Sam Wyly and Daughter Selling Off 20 Acre “Eco Estate” In Malibu: Dallas Real Estate Second Home News

By Candy Evans / June 22, 2011 /

More proof that the high end market is getting stronger, particulary in and around LA. And millionaires are getting more earth friendly every single day! Sam Wyly and his daughter, Christiana, are selling a four-bedroom, four-bath home at 1300 Greenleaf Canyon Road in Malibu for $2.995 million. The eco-estate, so called because of the extensive renovation done embracing not only…

Lakewood Shopping Center Just Got a Sugar Daddy: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / June 21, 2011 /

Changes coming over at Lakewood Shopping Center than could positively impact local homeowners. Steve Brown is reporting that Lincoln Property Co. bought the central block of the Lakewood retail district at Abrams Road and Gaston Avenue,  60,000-square-feet that houses the Dixie House and the cozy Lakewood Ace Hardware. This property has been owned for years by the Corrigan family,…