Emerging Real Estate Markets

Monday Morning Millionaire is Truly One of the Most Romantic, Downton-Abbeyesque Homes in Dallas: The Mmm Mansion

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2013 /

Hey, Valentine’s Day isn’t over yet. I like to stretch it out into the the WHOLE MONTH! I teased this house in last week’s round-up for CultureMap Dallas, but here is a little more on the story of a home I have wanted to bring to your attention for several months. The M Mansion (or…

Who Is the Hardest Working Agent of them All at Briggs Freeman? Her Name is Becky Frey

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2013 /

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty announced its Top Producers for 2012 on Feb. 7 and guess who is the top producer of them all? Ms. Becky Frey. Yep, Becky (who recently sold a home down the street in about a week)  is Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Top Individual Producer for 2012, having closed more than $62 million real…

The Guy Rebuilding the Pink Wall Behind the Pink Wall and Why We Need Stucco with Fracking

By Candy Evans / February 15, 2013 /

This is Joe Nech, owner of Advantage Masonry, a company that specializes in restoring brick, mortar, stone, anything made of masonry and the folks hired to re-build part of the crumbling “Pink Wall” that circles that cute neighborhood known as “Behind the Pink Wall”. He is only repairing the part in from of the Athena…

T. Boone Picken’s Most Romantic Home in Dallas Would Make a Great Empty Nest Texas Retreat. But No Windmills…

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2013 /

T. Boone Pickens may be a legendary Texas oil and gas executive, and a huge force behind wind energy, but there are no windmills on his Preston Hollow estate in Dallas, Texas. There are gardens, sculpted and manicured French gardens that will make you think you are in Versailles so much that “mais oui” will roll right off your tongue! He is now selling his Dallas estate in the heart of Preston Hollow for $7 million. And it is not listed in MLS. The home was built in 1996, but then when T. Boone and his wife, Madeleine bought it in July, 2005 for about five million, it was redone to the max. And I do mean the max. From a four bedroom home with a master on the first floor, it was taken to a three bedroom home with an expanded second floor master. In fact, the new master bathroom is so large it features a writing desk — what a splendid idea! The new master closet is larger than most starter homes.

The Most Romantic Home in Dallas? T. Boone Pickens Lists Preston Hollow Estate on Alva Court for $7 Million

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2013 /

We love Tom and Laura Leppert’s home over there on Alva Court in the honeypot of Preston Hollow,  listed with Mary Poss, but now comes a slightly sexier competitor to the field. Mmmmmnn. Dave Perry-Miller has just listed 9434 Alva Court, asking a cool $7 million. And honestly, this has to be the sexiest, most romantic…