Dallas Real Estate News

Real Estate Outlook 2012 and Beyond: Consumers Want Data, or Do They?

By Candy Evans / January 18, 2012 /

Last week was Inman’s Real Estate Connect, the famous conference where real estate meets technology. I go annually to get a look ahead at both tech and marketing innovation coming down the pike, for Dallas consumers and real estate agents. Agents, of course, lap this conference up like a kitten. But consumers, too, can glean a…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Dilbeck Darling Near Bishop Arts for Less Than $250,000. Why I Love Dallas Real Estate!

By Candy Evans / January 17, 2012 /

Remember the Dilbeck ranch, PaigeBrooke, in Westlake that was built by Ted Dealey and moved in six huge chunks to avoid the wrecking ball? John Charles Stevens Dilbeck is one of the area’s most famous and treasured architects, and anyone who DARES tear down a Dilbeck home quickly becomes homeowner non grata. So it is with great…

Monday Morning Martin Luther King Millionaire: Rockbrook Rocks Two Bedrooms in 5,000 Plus Square Feet

By Candy Evans / January 17, 2012 /

I have watched, no, stalked, this home at 9839 Rockbrook for a long, long time hoping it might descend into a downward price cycle spiral and end up under $2 million so I might could buy it. But that, my dear readers, is just California Dreamin’ on my part. Where do I begin? Maybe by wiping…

Friday Five Hundred: Fabulous Find on Mmmm Streets for $539,000

By Candy Evans / January 13, 2012 /

We all love the Mmmmmm Streets, as I call them. Here is an angel at 6232 McCommas just waiting in the wings: updated home in absolute move in, mint condition. Cape cod style with dormers makes you think it’s nestled in Connecticut or even The Hamptons. Still, you get about 2500 square feet of southern charm in this…

Steven Breed is Apparently Breeding Open House Trouble, Again

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2012 /

Remember Steven Breed? The Open House jewel thief may be scouting open houses with sticky fingers again. Plano police are warning all North Texas real estate agents that Breed, who is out of the slammer, may be back to his old tricks. He is suspected of stealing personal belongings from homes. For the last two years, agents have…