Economy

Saturday Six Hundred You’d Better See Today, Because This Greenland Hills Tudor is Totally Modern Milly!

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2012 /

Realtors ask me to come see their homes HOURLY. Darling Maria Centeno with Virginia Cook has been trying to get me over to 5515 Morningside Drive now for ages. And you know what? When Maria talks, I listen and will forever more. This home would have been worth a drive in from — Timbuktu! I…

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My Favorite Bush Family: What Does President Obama’s Re-Election Mean for Dallas Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / November 8, 2012 /

This was the topic I had to sputter on Wednesday morning at the East Dallas M.L.S. meeting over at Lubys on Mockingbird. And here I am with my two favorite BUSHES — that’s Bud Bush of Dave Perry Miller and his cousin, David Bush, who hosted Wednesday’s event. First we downed coffee, then I gave…

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Uptown Property Values Just Got a Boost: New Whole Foods Coming to Fairmont/Routh in 2015

By Candy Evans / November 8, 2012 /

If I had a dollar for every time I have said, what Uptown needs is a decent grocery store, I’d be able to buy Tim Heddington’s condo over at the Ritz. Well now it’s happened: last night I got a press release from my darling friend Karen Lukin telling the world that the Austin-based grocer…

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Fact: Follow the Gayborhood for the Best Home Values — But Where ?

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2012 /

They might as well make this a Wikopedia fact: when gays move into a neighborhood, home values spiral upwards. A few days ago an article in The Dallas Voice asked, what areas do we call the “Gayborhood” in Dallas? Is it a two-block radius around The Crossroads? The better part of Dallas County? Your bedroom…

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Guess The Hood: Look at These Political Signs, Tell Me Where They Are Located

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2012 /

That’s “No-Bama” , “Had Enough”, and “Romney/Ryan”. Where are they?

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