Emerging Real Estate Markets

If Jason Terry Signs on With the Celtics, Does That Mean He’ll Have at Least Two Homes on the Market?

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2012 /

Would these sports guys please just calm down, it’s a mid-week holiday for God’s sake. Now comes word that Jason Terry is leaving the Mavericks and heading to the Celtics in Boston, or B-town. I’ll be up there in a couple weeks and check on The Jet’s house-hunting — already have some ideas, in fact. Meantime,…

Surprise, Surprise: Texas is One of the Nation’s Largest Producers of Renewable Energy – So Says Local Green Queen

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2012 /

I love this post on Huffington Post by Anna Clark, who also writes for Joel Kotkin, and who I totally need to re-connect with. Anna is the Green Queen of not just Dallas, but Texas. In her op-ed piece for The Huffington Post, she writes that while the Dallas series may portray as as the…

New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton & Wife May Have (Cryptically) Filed for Divorce: Wife & Kids to Remain in Westlake?

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2012 /

This just in from Ryan Jones over at the Times-Picayune: New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has apparently cryptically filed for divorce from his wife, Beth. Tricky, but smart: a Tarrant County divorce petition was filed on June 14, the filings using initials so as to avoid making the Paytons’ identities public. Here’s what Ryan says:…

Tuesday Not Just Two Hundred, or Tuesday-Great-To-Be-An-American LESS THAN $200,000! (We Have a Secret Neighborhood)

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2012 /

Yes, we do. And it’s in the city of Dallas, seven miles from downtown. Ever heard of Glen Oaks in Oak Cliff? Located south of Loop 12, where I picked up Father’s Day barbeque at Sweet Georgia Browns, mid-way betwixt I35 and 67, there is a cluster of mid century homes CUSTOM BUILT in the…

Growth In Most Major Cities Outpaces Suburbs. Except in Dallas, Where the Urbanists Are Losing

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2012 /

I was in downtown Dallas, cursing the other day. Traffic? No, one way streets. STUPID one way streets. Here we are trying to conserve fossil fuels and make Dallas a “walkable” city with bike lanes, the newest urban fad du jour. (Truth is, I’m sick of hearing about bike lanes. While I might ride on…