Emerging Real Estate Markets

A Look Inside The Most Talk-About House in Highland Park!

By Candy Evans / December 10, 2012 /

Updates, 12/11/2012: Dave Perry-Miller agent Emily Bright Durante tells me this home was designed by Architect Doug Hildinger – he being part of Sky Modern team who did that fab modernist development in Kessler Woods. Lighting designer was Dennis Jones and kitchen floors are pure porcelain. Bye-bye granite: kitchen countertops are quartz with a laminated drop edge 1-1/2.…

Building With the Boys: How Building a Home is, Honestly, Kind of Like (Really Great) Plastic Surgery

By Candy Evans / December 10, 2012 /

Here we go, part V or VI, I’ve had too much Pinot Noir to count. More on the new house saga over there on Azaela with Justin Kettler and Tim Loecker, who are still delightfully together even after and tell us why building is very much like plastic surgery: Windows:  We are convinced windows can…

What’s The Hottest Thing in Dallas Real Estate Right Now? Renting with LOCAL DWELLING!

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2012 /

In case you have not noticed, real estate rentals of single family homes are soaring. Our friends at Zillow just paid $16 million for the real estate rental search site HotPads. Zillow says it is making this hefty acquisition to “expand the size of its growing rental audience and extend the reach of its marketing tools and productivity solutions for rental professionals.” Naturally, rentals rule in large cities like New York, San Francisco and Boston where real estate prices are high, the population is younger, more transient and there are more high density units to choose from.

A Post In Response to Those Who Write To Ask if They Can Guest Post on This Blog

By Candy Evans / December 4, 2012 /

OK, I have officially had it. This is a real estate blog, and nearly every single day I get five requests from someone offering me “free” stories to post. You know what they say about anything free. I usually respond nicely, kindly, as my mother raised me. I tell them this is a professional blog…

Larry Hagman Is Not the Only Star Who Lived in Dallas: Here’s Where Judy Garland Slept in Big D (and You Can, Too)

By Candy Evans / December 3, 2012 /

Update, Monday December 3:  360 degree views of Big D from this penthouse including a rooftop terrace with view of the bridge:. 2635 sf. 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, formal dining. And oh yes, it’s leased! Ah, the Maple Terrace. Dallas’ very first “million dollar apartment house”, and no barf beige! The elegant stucco Dallas Landmark…