Dallas Real Estate News

HGTV Coming to Texas!

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2011 /

You guys, get the popcorn ready: HGTV is coming to town to erase our city forever of bad design! First, it’s Real Estate Intervention. Cora Sue Anthony is coming home to her native Texas — she was born in South Dallas during Christmas — to get Dallas properties in ship-shape and show the world how…

Almost All Real Estate Search Now Starts on the Internet

By Candy Evans / February 28, 2011 /

Wow. In seven short years we have gone from 71% of buyers seeking properties on the web to a full 99%. The sharp agents now are also posting homes on Google, FaceBook, YouTube and Twitter. And internet advertising is a fraction of what it costs to advertise in magazines and newspapers. Plus it saves trees!

NewGeography Urbanist: At Home with Joel and Mandy Kotkin

By Candy Evans / February 28, 2011 /

Joel Kotkin, the provocative urbanist and Forbes contributor whose latest book is The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, is so right on the ball. Contrary to the elitists’ proclamation that all of us should ditch our autos and be crammed into an “urban core,” Joel thinks suburbia is not all that bad and is,…

FBI Terror Suspect Wanted to Explode Bush Home in Dallas

By Candy Evans / February 24, 2011 /

Oh. My. God. The FBI has arrested a Saudi student in Texas and charged him with attempting to construct improvised explosives and compiling a list of possible targets, including the home of former President George W. Bush. Yes. This home on Daria right here in Dallas on Daria Place. The student,¬† Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, is…

Real Estate Investing: Not Just How Much, But Where

By Candy Evans / February 23, 2011 /

Jeff Harding makes an excellent point. What we heard yesterday proves our housing market is years from the bottom, and those of us who keep saying, OK, this is it, are continually blown away by the sweeps of foreclosures and short sales that are coming on the market. Those are watering down prices and will…