Dallas Real Estate News

The Pink Mary Kay House on Douglas Avenue is Coming Back on the Market!

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2012 /

UPDATE: Karen tells me listing price is $3,300,000, which is less than DCAD value — unreal! Listed with precious Karen Luter of Allie Beth Allman, who tells me she has been working her fingers to the bone for weeks trying to get this home ready for sale. Not in MLS yet, and not much has changed…

Thursday Three Hundred, Kiss Me Now: (Wet) Man Cave, Porte Cochere, Granite and a Short Sale

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2012 /

This one sure took some digging, but I may have found the best bargain west of the Mississippi,  south of LBJ for darn sure. 10824 Saint Michaels Drive is a short sale in Preston Hollow. OK, east Preston Hollow and more accurately the Saint Michael (Royal Park Estates) area near JanMar, but no less a GREAT…

Second Home Project: Help These Grad Students With Second Home Market Research!

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2012 /

If you own a second home, you need to contact Yun, a graduate student in Finance at Rockester Institute of Technology. He and his team are working on a marketing project about second homes, creating products to help second home owners protect their properties. Say an unauthorized person was in your home while you were…

More Man Caves: Domingo Garcia’s Gold-Leafed Throne

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2012 /

It’s been awhile since I’ve been in Elba and Domingo Garcia’s beautiful 7,000 square foot plus Kessler Springs home — you would steal for the master, and the patio/pool is to-die-for. But I really fell in love with his basement Man Cave where I have no doubt the Garcias will be watching the game this Sunday.…

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: Husband So Nervous He (Urp) Threw Up At Closing!

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2012 /

‘Nother new thingee here on CandysDirt: Tell me Your Real Estate Story. Your home is your Castle, whether it’s $90K or $9 million. How did you find it? What’s the tale behind the sale? Inquiring minds at CD would LOVE to know! Back in 1993, my soon-to-be husband and I bought a 1600 square-foot house…