Economy

People Who Live in Glass Houses… Should Just Wear a Lot of Designer Clothes from Highland Park Village With New Extended Shopping Hours (Did Someone Say Luxury is Dead?)

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2012 /

It makes perfect sense: you live in a house of glass, so everyone can see you. Therefore what you wear becomes supremely important and let’s face it — no hauling your butt to the fridge bare-ass naked. So it is smart, very smart indeed that the folks at Highland Park Village trekked out to New Canaan, Connecticut to…

Do Dallas Realtors Need a Reality Check on Their Ads? (And Are Ads Worth It When It’s All About Bargains?)

By Candy Evans / September 5, 2012 /

I about died when I saw this Realtor ad on AOL Real Estate — of course it’s from a Canadian firm. The Canuks can just get away with more than we can when it comes to billboard advertising. Or can they? So I started thinking back to local ads I’ve seen from our Dallas agents.…

Tuesday Two Hundred My Foot: Live in Southlake for Way, Way Less Than the Pro Boys

By Candy Evans / August 29, 2012 /

I wanted to see if we common folks can live in the mid-cities area, like Southlake, just like all these pro ball player and coaches. I love Vaquero and Westwyck Hills — especially the way they spell the name –but you have to drop at least a couple million. It’s Tuesday $200, our “value real…

How To Tell If You Should Make a Low Ball Offer on a Home: Don’t Check the Fridge

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2012 /

Well, you could, but the wine cellar is a way more telling spot. First of all, an empty wine cellar usually means no one lives in the house except for a Castle Keeper. Ain’t no way a Castle Keeper is going to be drinking red wine. Secondly, when you move, you take the good wine…

John Wiley Price’s Defense Attorney Sued by Feds for $5.3 Million in Unpaid Taxes — Guess Where He Lives? Strait Lane.

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2012 /

But don’t get too excited. Defense attorney John Carney lives on Strait Lane, indeedy, or at least one of his trusts owns a home at 11484 Strait Lane. But I don’t think he’ll exactly be slip sliding away down at Richard Malouf’s Water Pik Park. To be perfectly honest here, Carney’s place is on the…