Dallas Real Estate News

Mike Modano’s (Willa Ford’s?) House Listed With David Nichols… On Market for $2.495 Million

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2013 /

Over on Mimosa, a few houses from Rhonda Aikman, David Nichols from Allie Beth’s Mathews-Nichol team supreme has the listing for Mike Modano and Willa Ford’s Preston Hollow home. Built by Hawkins-Welwood in 1999, the home has 7,250 square feet, the usual accoutrements of a fine Preston Hollow manse including great kitchen with — oh…

Mike Modano's (Willa Ford's?) House Listed With David Nichols… On Market for $2.495 Million

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2013 /

Over on Mimosa, a few houses from Rhonda Aikman, David Nichols from Allie Beth’s Mathews-Nichol team supreme has the listing for Mike Modano and Willa Ford’s Preston Hollow home. Built by Hawkins-Welwood in 1999, the home has 7,250 square feet, the usual accoutrements of a fine Preston Hollow manse including great kitchen with — oh…

More on the Oklahoma Tornados (Written With One Foot In My Tornado Closet…) and How We Can Help Our Friends/Family in OK

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2013 /

Thanks, Joanna, for posting about the importance of storm shelters. There are a lot of bomb shelters around town — one right next door to me — constructed during the atomic war threats we lived with during the 1960’s when I was a kid. They make great tornado shelters. We had regular bomb drills to cover our…

Remember the Roy’s Transmission and Autocare Saga in Bishop Arts? Well, Looks Like Roy’s Struck a $375K Deal with Our Tax Dollars

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2013 /

Last December I had my hissy fit about Roy’s Transmission & Autocare at 138 W. Davis. The shop lies splat in the center of the city’s plans to create a cute million dollar plus plaza and streetcar stop at Zang and Seventh. Basically, Roy Smith has been fixing cars at this location for 18 years. The city wants to buy Smith’s tire shop property to build a way cool entrance to Bishop Arts, including a children’s playground. Smith has no objections except the green kind: he wants to be paid enough money to relocate and get another business. Last year, he said he had his property appraised at $775,000 when the city offered him “only” about $205,000.

If Oklahoma Tornado Teaches Dallas Homeowners One Lesson, It Should Be The Importance of Storm Shelters

By Joanna England / May 21, 2013 /

This is a residential real estate blog, and when it comes down to it, it’s a blog about people and homes. After the deadly tornado that tore through Oklahoma yesterday, thousands of people who once had a place to call home have absolutely nothing left. I won’t get into the statistics regarding yesterday’s massive tornado…