Dallas Real Estate News

Hot Property: Ira Archer Has the Granite of New Hampshire & Animal House Under His Belt… and The Creeks of Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2012 /

Food fight! Ira found my soft spot the moment he told me he went to Dartmouth College. (Fodder: Dave Perry-Miller agent Stephen Collins is also a Dartmouth grad.) Granted, he was there ahead of me by a few moments, during those infamous all-male years. He was a contemporary of Chris Miller, who wrote Animal House — in…

Tuesday Two Hundred, Kiss Me Now: Gameroom, Media Room, and a Friggin’ Bonus Room for $289,900

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2012 /

This is unreal. Somebody please pinch me. I am not drinking, not one sip of bubbly, that price is $289,900. This home is in North Richland Hills, sports 3,339 square feet, three bedrooms, three baths, and a host of extras you usually find in homes starting at about $500K. Talk about Blue Light Special, the…

Monday Morning Millionaire, Design District Style: 10,000 Square Feet of Luxury Living Nestled Into the Dallas Design District

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2012 /

Here’s a home that would have  been a great find for that piece in the New York Times on how hot the Dallas Design District has become. Not only are developers building lofts and $5000 a month apartment penthouses in the Dallas Design District, they are also building homes out of warehouse space — luxury…

Check Out The Insides of 4949 Swiss at Mother’s Day Home Tour

By Joanna England / April 24, 2012 /

Lee Hancock wrote an excellent long-form dissection of Mary Ellen Bendtsen’s home, 4949 Swiss Avenue, after Mark McCay and Justin Burgess were willed the house under suspicious circumstances. While there have been some reports of construction going on at the “Grand Dame” of Swiss Avenue, the front is boarded up and the carriage house is still crumbling.

But it won’t be that way for long, says Cameron Kinvig, who purchased 4949 Swiss and plans to restore the mansion that was once home to W.W. Caruth. In fact, all three floors of 4949 Swiss will be open to onlookers during this year’s Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour on May 12 and 13.

Deion Sanders Splitting the House With His Ex-Wife? Looks Like it’s “War of the Roses” Up in Prosper

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2012 /

By now you know that Deion Sanders’ estranged wife, Pilar was arrested and is having her morning coffee in the Collin County Jail. She has been charged with misdemeanor/assault. There was apparently an altercation yesterday at the Sanders’ Prosper home she still shares with the former Cowboys star. A friend told me just last week that Deion and…