Dallas Real Estate News

Thursday Three Hundred: New and Oh So Charming in DENTON at $97 PSF

By Candy Evans / January 20, 2012 /

Your Thursday $300K comes better late than never because it is so darn tootin’ cute. (And I am so darn tootin’ busy!) Might be a little outside the Bubble up in Denton, but what a pretty home. New construction —yes, I know it looks old, but this home at 1822 West Oak is located in Denton’s…

Yu Darvesh is a Bachelor Now. Here Are Some of the Homes He’s Looking To Buy in Dallas

By Candy Evans / January 20, 2012 /

If it helps you try and guess what kind of a home he’ll buy in Dallas, know that Yu Darvesh just divorced his wife, actress and TV personality Saeko, age 25 and the mother of his two children. I had wondered if Yu has a family. Knowing this explains why he was looking at this slick…

Everything Realtors Need to Know About SOPA and PIPA: These Acts Are BAD!

By Candy Evans / January 20, 2012 /

A new law aimed at stopping internet piracy is like taking a chainsaw when you really need a scalpel. Sound familiar? Welcome to the U.S. government. Bloggers and Realtors who market on the internet need to know more about this law. Rather than join the fight by having a black day, I asked Dallas attorney John…

About My Congressman, Pete Sessions’ Sweetheart $1,000,000 Mortgage Loan Deal: I’m Pissed

By Candy Evans / January 20, 2012 /

We are in the process of refinancing and it has been hell. So you can imagine my surprise yesterday when I learned that my very own Congressman, Pete Sessions, along with three other members of Congress, is under investigation for the favorable rates they received from Countrywide Financial Corp., which was a poster child for sub-prime lending. The…

Where Yu Darvish Will Buy: Yu + $60 Million = Strait Lane, Beverly Drive, Turtle Creek, Phil Romano’s?

By Candy Evans / January 19, 2012 /

Are you still reeling from the news that Yu Darvish signed for six years with the Texas Rangers to a tune of about ten million per year? Plus he just got $51.7 million (Update: his home team actually got that cash) just to negotiate. I know, crazy world. Insane. But here’s what I’m thinking: he’s…