Emerging Real Estate Markets

Bomb Blast in Residential Plano Neighborhood Has Neighbors Concerned, Curious, Kinda Crazy

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

This is just strange. Folks up in this nice, relatively quiet Plano neighborhood got a bit freaked out — understandably so  — over a strange series of events that involve an injured man and a possible bomb explosion near an Atmos natural gas control station in the 3600 block of West Parker Road overnight. First…

Monday Morning Millionaire, Continued: 4130 Cochran Chapel

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

Jo, you’ve got a great eye, and our readers are 100% correct: this home WAS featured in D Home, written by my friend and former great editor, Jennifer Dodd. Also, the owners of this home have been dear friends since residency days. So fabulous, the home has also been used for many a TV shoot,…

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…

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.

Guess Who’s Buying Up Vacation Homes Like There’s No Tomorrow? The Rich!

By Candy Evans / June 16, 2012 /

Those of us in real estate know that when the housing market plummets,  vacation places plummet the most. Second homes are most often discretionary purchases you wait on until you feel flush with cash. Well, get ready. Realtors say second-home buyers are returning to the store,  shopping from Cape Cod to Lake Tahoe. As I…