Dallas Real Estate News

The Most Amazing Vertical Living in Dallas: First Hard Hat Tour of Museum Tower!

By Candy Evans / November 23, 2011 /

photo from John Sughrue’s Blackberry Realtors are beginning to take hard hat tours of Museum Tower, so they can get a head start on selling the newest, most uber luxurious, and yes, most expensive condominiums to grace our city. And yes, they are selling. The developers tell me about 20% are spoken for, even in this tough economy. There…

Dallas Real Estate News & Holiday Poll: Would You Pay $2500 For Holiday Lights?

By Candy Evans / November 23, 2011 /

I don’t know if this goes on in all Dallas neighborhoods, so I’m asking you folks in McKinney, Southlake, Lakewood, everywhere to chime in. Do you pay to have holiday lights put up in your trees or do you do them yourself? Everywhere I turn in Preston Hollow and yes, even in Rockwall last week,…

Real Estate Auctions: What To Do With Over-Priced Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2011 /

OK, something’s not right here: This Lake Travis home is located on 13.6 acres with 1,100′ of frontage along a deep water peninsula in Lake Travis. The 11,925 square foot gigantic spread has 7 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, 2 private guest residences, a spa, a waterfall, a massage room, a sauna and a 1,200-bottle wine room/cellar, not to…

Wealthy Buyers Fuel the Markets for Second Homes as They Become Bargains. Even at The Yellowstone Club?

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2011 /

 Discovery Land Company was in town last Tuesday night for a beautiful presentation at The Dallas Petroleum Club. If you compare developers to handbags, Discovery is the Birken Bag with a Louis Vuitton wallet inside. Discovery developed Vaquero and a number of uber high end communities from Texas to Arizona, and has the kind of sterling reputation most…

Tuesday Under Two Hundred: a Masterpiece in the Meadows

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2011 /

This is a go out and grab-her! 7156 Blairview, listed with Richard Mirkes Real Estate. Yes, it’s down the street from 7217 Blairview, the tragic home of late Virginia Cook Realtor Jeanmarie Geis. Gonna be perfectly frank: she needs a little work. But really, tell me where you are going to find a home this…