Dallas Real Estate News

Monday Morning Millionaire for The Week Before Christmas: Just Get High and Ask Santa To Buy You This Estate at Lake Lewisville’s Sunrise Bay

By Candy Evans / December 18, 2012 /

Yes, we have our $30 million dollar Manson Court mansions, our Mt. Vernon and Troy’s pad, if he ever decides to put Highland Drive back on the market. Of course, if the Hicks ever put The Crespi Estate on the market, it would blow them all out of the water. Speaking of water, why not…

Thursday Three Hundred on Candy Time: Go Euro in West Highland Park, and You’ll Never Leave

By Candy Evans / December 14, 2012 /

I think West Highland Park is about as perfect a neighborhood you can get in Dallas. You are close to EVERYTHING:  Highland Park Village, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, Love Field, Turtle Creek, Inwood Village, the North Dallas Tollway, “Central Dog Park”, and everything on Lemmon Ave. Recall that for me my perfect retirement home will…

A Darling Deal for Darling Homes, and Further Proof the DFW Economy is Cooking

By Candy Evans / December 14, 2012 /

I happen to be pretty crazy about Frisco-based Darling Homes. Apparently, others are too. Darling Homes has entered into a purchase agreement to be acquired by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based home builder Taylor Morrison. Even more exciting: Taylor Morrison, which is owned by private equity funds, wants to go public. The company is working on a $250 million stock…

The Looming Triple Tax Increase in Your Future: Merrill Matthews, Institute for Policy Innovation

By Candy Evans / December 13, 2012 /

Note: I read an editorial by Merrill Matthews and emailed him toote suite: how is the 3.8% Medicare tax going to affect real estate here in Dallas, I asked? The resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, public policy analyst specializing in health care issues,  author of numerous studies in health policy and past president…

$30 Million – Love You, Troy, Move Over Mount Vernon: Dallas Has A New Most Expensive Home on the Market!

By Candy Evans / December 12, 2012 /

And it would be a Mark Molthan creation over near Strait Lane, on a cozy, secluded little court off of one of the most famous (and rubbernecked) streets in Dallas bearing the homes of Brint Ryan, Ross Perot, Phil Romano, Kenny Trout, and Dirk Nowitzki. First, however, we start with a book. Most homes are…