Dallas Real Estate News

Deciding Where To Live: Are Small Towns More Religious Than The Big (Bad) City?

By Candy Evans / October 2, 2012 /

This post is inspired by the town of Kountze, Texas, 85 miles northeast of Houston, where the local public high school cheerleading squad heads to court this week over their practice of hoisting banners up for the football players to crash through — only their banners spout off religious bible verses. For awhile, the Kountze…

Monday Morning Millionaire: In My Dream I Went to Netherland — 5625 Netherland Court, That is!

By Joanna England / October 1, 2012 /

Amazing? Beautiful? Incredible? Stunning? Jaw-Dropping? I’ve run through the gamut of adjectives trying to describe 5625 Netherland Court, an unbelievable listing from the one and only Kari Schlegel, and yet every one of them falls short. Is this love, that I’m feeling? This five-bedroom home screams “ART COLLECTOR!” with a gallery hallway just off the…

The Big “D” is a Big “F” When it Comes to Second or Vacation Homes: How Divorce Affects Vacation Homes

By Candy Evans / October 1, 2012 /

Don’t buy this gorgeous beach front property on 30-A in Santa Rosa Beach, near Alys Beach, Seaside and Watercolor if you think you might be getting a divorce. On the other hand, do: I’m looking for a great deal in Florida!

Do We Get Earthquakes in Dallas? Did Tonight — Good Lord, is Texas Becoming California?

By Candy Evans / September 30, 2012 /

First we get In & Out Burger, then Trader Joes, Knox Street bike trails and now we are getting earthquakes! Saturday evening, September 29, at about five minutes after 11 p.m. I thought I heard a weird roar and felt like someone had just shut a garage door with extreme force — leaving the house…

Museum Tower: Takes an Ad in the DMN, is Experimenting with Different Glass?

By Candy Evans / September 28, 2012 /

I was downtown with my mother-in-law this week, and I said to her, look at Museum Tower: it looks to me like they are experimenting with different panes of glass, perhaps to solve the re-flectivity issue. No confirmation, but it sure looked that way to this evil eye. Then today, a very smart move by…