Emerging Real Estate Markets

I Heart Dallas Realtors: MetroTex Young Professionals Bring Holiday Cheer to Jubilee Center in Fair Park

By Candy Evans / November 27, 2013 /

Do you know what the Jubilee Community Center is? The Jubilee Park & Community Center was founded in 1997 when a group of caring people figured out that families and children had no place to safely congregate in the South Dallas/Fair Park neighborhood. The mission of “Jubilee Park” is to improve the quality of life of…

The Abraham Zapruder House: From Dallas 1963 to Dallas 2013

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2013 /

Earlier this week, I told you about 3909 Marquette, which was once the home address of Abraham Zapruder, the man who took the video of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas 50 years ago. He filmed meticulously with a Bell & Howell Zoomatic Director Series Model 414 PD camera and his work today remains the sole…

Frank L. Meier Historical Spread Built for Richard Rogers Had Two Lear Jets as Collateral

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2013 /

  This luscious home at 5622 Harbor Town up in Bent Tree North, was designed by starchitect Frank L. Meier in 1981. It brings us nicely out of an introspective week here on CandysDirt.com, gazing at 1963-era homes built the year President John F. Kennedy made his tragic, fateful trip to Dallas. The home is…

Keeping It Classy: Yard "Art" May be Why the Good Lord Invented HOA's…

By Candy Evans / November 21, 2013 /

The horsie above is in front of a home in McKinney, Texas, and — not sure what you call the gorilla in Santa suit — is in front of a lovely home in Waco, Texas. I really don’t know what to say… Toast to John Shore and Bill Young for great real estate sleuthing…

Utility Concierge: You Make the Selections, They Make the Connections Now Easy as Watching a Cartoon!

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2013 /

  You know Utility Concierge, right? It’s my favorite company when it comes to moving. It like DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU! When I first met Gabe Abshire, UC’s CEO, I told him he’d be the next Bill Gates. Why? Because he has figured out a way to give consumers the power of choice, for ABsolutely…