Economy

Real Estate Auctions Are Taking Off: Girnormous Preston Trails Home Going To The Block, No Reserve

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2013 /

Update: One of our wonderful readers alerts me to the fact that this is golfer Lanny Watkins residence. Hence, the putting green. Quest: if the agents had promoted that the home had a high profile owner, could it have sold faster? So this puppy was listed as far back as August, 2011 with Kevin Laszlo of…

Even Dallas Condo Prices Are Rising: Dave Perry Miller Group to Market The House by Philippe Starck

By Candy Evans / November 12, 2013 /

Comes a report by Movoto Real Estate, telling us the prices for condos increased in the whole country in October, compared to the same time a year ago. In Dallas, we saw a 22.4% change upward in condo prices. This increase is mainly caused by a lack inventory. Sellers, don’t jump too high: while it may…

Monday Millionaire II: Isabell Cottrell's Northbrook Home Back on the Market

By Candy Evans / November 12, 2013 /

It’s common courtesy for journalists to give credit where credit is due — for finding a story, breaking news, or writing a really great piece. Folk at the Dallas Business Journal don’t always do that, but I AM going to credit Candace Carlisle with breaking this story: the Cottrell mansion is on the market at…

Vox Media Snaps Up Real Estate Porn Site Curbed.com: $20 to $30 Million

By Candy Evans / November 12, 2013 /

Talk about buying a mansion!  Vox Media, one of the country’s “largest and fastest growing online publishers,” snapped up the popular real estate site along along with it’s food porn blog, Eater, and Racked, which focuses on all things clothing and design. In other words, all the things we are nutso about. Based in Washington DC…

We Love Veterans: Dallas Commercial Realtor (and Former Navy Seal) Wins Good Works Award

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2013 /

Two former  U.S. Navy SEALs, Clint Bruce and Stephen Holley, co-founders of Carry the Load,  snagged The Dallas Foundation’s 2013 Good Works Under 40 Award at Trammel Crow’s Old Parkland Hospital Campus Thursday night. Holley is a 2000 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who completed four military deployments and now works in commercial real estate.  He is with the Dallas office…