Emerging Real Estate Markets

Selling the Most Challenging Homes in America: The Skater on the Roof in Forney, Texas

By Candy Evans / June 18, 2012 /

Dallas agent Keith Yonnick is a man of many talents. But skateboarding was not one of those talents, until recently. Like most agents in this market, Keith takes on an REO (that’s bank-owned, or foreclosed) property to sell from time to time. REO’s are doozies, and everyone knows they can be quite challenging to sell…

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Best Realtors: Selling the Most, and I Mean the Most, Challenging Homes in America

By Candy Evans / June 18, 2012 /

As I was telling a reporter the other day, I don’t understand the Jayson Blairs of this world. You just cannot make this sh** up! Truth is way better than fiction, especially when it comes to real estate.

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As We Are Well Aware, Americans Are Moving to Dallas: Dallas #6th Most Popular City to Move to in U.S.

By Candy Evans / June 15, 2012 /

Push, shove, honk. God, I don’t have to tell you this, you know it already from the traffic. Dallas is one of the top ten cities in the US where everyone is moving. Those ten are, according to the nice people at U-Haul,  Washington, D.C., Phoenix and Mesa (meh), Houston, Seattle Bellevue Everett — too…

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Dallas Developers: Will Light Farms be the North Texas Cousin of Prairie Crossing?

By Candy Evans / June 15, 2012 /

Update 3:23 p.m. Just heard from the folks at Prairie Crossing, who have invited me up for a visit next time I’m in Chicagoland. I will check it out, bring you a full report! Republic Property Group will soon be bringing North Texas a whole lot of new homes. After recession-induced delay,  Light Farms, a…

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Friday Four Hundred: for the Contemporary Cult Who Wants Water — Stone, Stucco, Steam, a Spectacular North Dallas Palace!

By Candy Evans / June 14, 2012 /

Another beautiful home that just makes me DROOL hit MLS at 10 a.m. this morning, and I cannot wait ’til Friday to show it to you. I’m like a kid who gets a toy and has to unwrap it in the car: I can’t wait ’till I get home with this one. 7014 Duffield is…

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