Dallas Real Estate News

Inman’s Agent ReBoot Hits Austin, Tuesday October 4 – An Austin Real Estate Quiz

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2011 /

Inman’s Agent ReBoot is coming to Austin, tomorrow, Tuesday October 4. I have some hot free tickets for the first two people who can tell me two things:  1. The address of Rick Perry’s first home (in Texas) 2. What was Rick Perry’s capital gain on thr Austin lot he sold to Michael Dell? What, you…

Robbie Briggs: What Buyers in the Far East Are Saying Behind Our Backs — Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2011 /

Robbie Briggs is in Hong Kong, where he recently attended a Sotheby’s real estate auction and has the latest on what real estate the world is buying, here in Dallas, and globally. Recall that Robbie and his family know the Far East as well as they know Lovers Lane because they lived in Beijing, China…

The Week Ahead on CandysDirt and SecondShelters: Calistoga, California Here I come

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2011 /

My second home this weekend! As I have told you, I launched CandysDirt.com on July 1, 2011, my very own version of the super duper popular DallasDirt blog I created for D Magazine and kept going, growing for almost four years. CandysDirt (no apostrophe) is ALSO growing by leaps and bounds — please check it out…

A Crystal Ball Into the Future of Dallas Real Estate: Equilibrium and Appreciation in 2014

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2011 /

Last week, we were Debbie Downer’ed by the latest Standard & Poors/Case Shiller report telling us that while Dallas homes saw a scant increase in prices from the spring, they were down overall from last year, that is, 2010. And that is the problem with Case Shiller: first of all, they do not count new home sales.…

Open House Sunday: 5630 Greenbrier in Divine Devonshire — Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 2, 2011 /

Open today from 3 to 5 pm: Devonshire home built in 2007 on about one-quarter of an acre. Modern day Tudor style loaded with windows and transoms over doors for natural light, decked out kitchen, and more than 5,000 square feet with white-washed beamed ceilings, beautiful hardwoods and top-shelf everything. Peak into the master bedroom for…