Emerging Real Estate Markets

Deciding Where To Live: Are Small Towns More Religious Than The Big (Bad) City?

By Candy Evans / October 2, 2012 /

This post is inspired by the town of Kountze, Texas, 85 miles northeast of Houston, where the local public high school cheerleading squad heads to court this week over their practice of hoisting banners up for the football players to crash through — only their banners spout off religious bible verses. For awhile, the Kountze…

The Big “D” is a Big “F” When it Comes to Second or Vacation Homes: How Divorce Affects Vacation Homes

By Candy Evans / October 1, 2012 /

Don’t buy this gorgeous beach front property on 30-A in Santa Rosa Beach, near Alys Beach, Seaside and Watercolor if you think you might be getting a divorce. On the other hand, do: I’m looking for a great deal in Florida!

Museum Tower: Takes an Ad in the DMN, is Experimenting with Different Glass?

By Candy Evans / September 28, 2012 /

I was downtown with my mother-in-law this week, and I said to her, look at Museum Tower: it looks to me like they are experimenting with different panes of glass, perhaps to solve the re-flectivity issue. No confirmation, but it sure looked that way to this evil eye. Then today, a very smart move by…

Welcome to Luxury Dallas TV: An Inside Look at Three of the Most Beautiful Homes in Dallas

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2012 /

Phil Romano on Strait Lane, St. John’s Drive in the honeypot of Highland Park, and a 16,000 plus square foot rock castle on Briarwood in Bluffview. Can it get any better? Thanks to LeeAnne Locken and Allyson Aynesworth, I brought a little House Porn to Luxury Dallas TV and loved every minute of it. Frankly,…

Case-Shiller Says Home Prices Are Singing 2003 — Dallas Hanging Steady, Acting More Like 2008

By Candy Evans / September 26, 2012 /

In the eyes of the latest S&P/Case-Shiller housing report, which indexes existing (not new) home sales in 20 major U.S. cities, it’s 2003 when it comes to housing prices. That’s good news. We are told the average U.S. home price in July rose 1.6%, this compared to the previous month, marking the third straight month that…