Economy

Speaking of Doo Doo, This $139,000 Home is a STEAL With a $5000 Stainless Steel TOILET!

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2012 /

It’s my mansion and I LOVE it! This is what we call a STEAL! Darling uber contemporary condo at 3883 Turtle Creek Blvd., otherwise known as Twenty-One Turtle Creek Condos, unit 701 is a one-bedroom, one bath, one living area deal — 862 square feet in all. You do get a garage spot, too. The…

What Would the (Purported) Secession of Texas From The U.S. Mean to Texas Real Estate Values?

By Candy Evans / November 13, 2012 /

Update 11/13: UnFair Park has a list of questions to be answered before we secede. Surely you have heard of Micah H., an Arlington resident, who has petitioned the United States of America, technically the newly elected President of the United States, for permission to remove Texas from the rest of the country. In other words, secede, just like I want to do with Preston Hollow. Apparently if he gets 25,000 signatures within 30 days — which he has — this gets serious: a response is required by the White House. (What might President Obama say? How about “hell no!”) In Micah’s words:

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…

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…

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…