Dallas Real Estate News

The Rich Worry: Will the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare Affect the Luxury Real Estate Market? Like Maybe Cool Luxury Sales?

By Candy Evans / March 29, 2012 /

I was in California over the weekend, and sat through several presentations from top agents in Silicon Valley as a favor to a friend considering putting his home on the market. It was interesting to see how they presented comps and market homes out there. Only one of the agents still uses print ads to market homes, another never places ads in the larger circ papers — “waste of money”, said he, preferring smaller hyper-local pubs, if any. For this crowd, it’s all about the web and emails/texts. 89% of buyers search for homes online, they said. But get this: among buyers aged 25 to 44, a whopping 95% use the internet to search for a home. Internet buyer’s incomes are 25% higher than traditional buyer’s incomes. More buyers find their homes on the internet than through signs, home builders, or print ads combined.

Thursday Three Hundred: Empty Nesters Dream Home on Cole by Diane Cheatham

By Candy Evans / March 29, 2012 /

Update 3/29: Dang, this one is sold leased! This hot market is making my job even harder! Do not tell me we do not have gorgeous, sleek, affordable contemporary housing within steps of everything you need — well, the Katy Trail, Knox shopping, and some of the city’s best restaurants. You tell me a lie…

Got $250K? Only Three More Days to Register for the Champ d’Or Auction Coming Up This Saturday — but Maintenance Could Eat You Alive!

By Candy Evans / March 29, 2012 /

This is Briggs Freeman agent Joan Eleazer and her beautiful real estate selling family in the main parlor up in Hickory Creek. Layne Pitzer is Joan’s daughter pictured here with her precious children, and Joan’s husband (Layne’s dad) Jeff Eleazer. They were all up at Champ d’Or weekend before last for the special invitation pre-view party before Saturday’s big auction.…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Tiny but Mighty, This Has Got To Be The Cutest Dang House in Hollywood Heights!

By Candy Evans / March 28, 2012 /

Tiny but mighty: I love the house, the charm, the floorplan, the sidewalk, even the name of the street: 7006 Vivian Avenue. Who wouldn’t want to live on a street named Vivian? This charming cottage in the Santa Monica Conservation District is just overflowing with warmth and cuteness, and so clean and neat on the…

Monday Morning Millionaire: A Home Ready for Summer with Outdoor Kitchen, Stocked Private Pond and a ZIP LINE Over to Sean Payton’s

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2012 /

Kidding about the zip line over to Sean Payton’s, but not kidding one bit about this Southlake treasure. And yes, there is a zip line! I honestly cannot recall seeing a home this jam-packed with great goodies. I don’t even know where to begin to describe it all. This 2100 Kimball Hill Court is like paradise for a family with kids.