Celebrity Homes

Judge Rules Pilar Sanders Must Stay 500 Yards Away from Prosper Home: Let’s Go House Hunting for Pilar

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2012 /

Smart judge: 5000 yards may have been even better, but 500 yards is about a quarter of a mile. Really, I am truly sorry the Sanders are having such a tough time dissolving their marriage. Brings me back to my own parents’ divorce, and very painful memories. I feel for the Sanders children. So let’s…

The SecondShelters Story: Why I am so Darn Tootin’ Obsessed with Real Estate and Vacation Homes

By Candy Evans / May 7, 2012 /

Real estate rules. But have I ever told you my story, why I am so obsessed with real estate and why I blog? It goes like this: I was a journalist, a magazine journalist, who covered real estate as a journalistic beat, then got hooked. I realized that blogging about homes and featuring them on the web is really the only and best way to market homes. If you disagree, I want to know. And I may challenge you to an ad dual. Agents in Silicon Valley don’t even bother with print any more: 89% of buyers search for homes on line, and internet buyers’ incomes are 25% higher than traditional print buyers. By the time a certain listing is printed, that home may have a price change or even be sold, if anyone ever reads it. In fact, the homes we feature are selling sell and when we write about a home, the open houses are overflowing. This one sold four days after our posting. From a reader in Plano:

Champ d’ Or $old and CLO$ED: Time to Meet the New Owner$ ?

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2012 /

Champ d’Or closed Monday, April 30 (according to Laura Brady of Concierge Auctions). Which means it is official: Shirley and Al Goldfield no longer own the Hickory Creek mega mansion they have been trying to sell almost since the day they completed the 40,000 square foot plus home. Talk about things you might regret: I…

About the New York Times Putting the Museum Tower Sunlight Debacle on Today’s Front Page

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2012 /

On the one hand, the story of Museum Tower’s light battle with the Nasher on the front page of the New York Times is pretty damn great publicity if you might be looking to buy a condominium in Dallas. I just got my Local Market Monitor report and once again, Dallas-Fort Worth-Plano rules the roost…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Ivy League New England Sensibility is Alive and Well in Dallas!

By Candy Evans / April 30, 2012 /

No other home I can think of typifies this great compliment to our city like 11442 East Ricks Circle. OK, I’m a wee bit biased as this home is in my ‘hood and I walk by it’s glory every time I walk Bree on the Circle. This is a one-owner home, built brand spanking new and solid in 1990, and it has never been on the market.