Emerging Real Estate Markets

Going Going Gone! The Dallas M Mansion Sells at Auction for $4.5 Million

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2013 /

Champagne, hors d’oeuvres, strolling through a 12,000 square foot mansion on three acres… really, buying real estate should not be this fun. But it was so fun and so fast, so very very fast. The M Mansion at North Forty Place opened at 4:oo p.m. Thursday afternoon for cocktails and to let the bidders, all…

Dallas Builders Association Gets Ready to Party With 71st Presidential Installation Friday Night

By Candy Evans / September 25, 2013 /

When it comes to finding a trusted builder for your home, these are the good guys — the members of the Dallas Builders Association. As you know, I am very fond of these guys and gals — many are my CandysDirt Approved home builders! And I am tickled pink that my friend Jeff Dworkin, CGP,…

Say You Have a Second Home. Would You Like a Third Home for About $500???

By Candy Evans / September 24, 2013 /

Don’t know if you read our sweet sister blog, SecondShelters.com, but you may not want to miss this piece on a company call 3RD Home. How best to explain it? Let’s say you already have a second home, and you would like a change of pace from going there all the time, just a one-time…

More Dallas Real Estate in the TV News: Tour the Stanley Marcus Estate on CBS-11 This Friday at Ten PM

By Candy Evans / September 24, 2013 /

10 Nonesuch Road, better known as the Stanley Marcus estate in Lakewood, has been on the market for a little over two months now.  I say on the market, yes, but NOT in MLS. Asking price is $5.4 million. As I may have told you, a few weeks ago Tracy Kornet from CBS-11 popped in…

Tommy Habeeb Tells You All About The Big Big Show While We Drool Over His Big Big House

By Candy Evans / September 24, 2013 /

After we wrote about Tommy Habeeb’s of Cheaters fame house a week or so ago, that being 8211 Inwood Road marketed by Doris Jacobs, he has appeared on WFAA-TV’s Daybreak with Ron Corning talking about his new show, The Big Big Show. This will be a talent show with consequences: if you stink, you may find yourself covered with dead fish and linguini. Specifically, it is talent they seek — song, dance, entertainment. May I humbly suggest we create a new category: Realtor video?