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Why Home Prices Are Rebounding in Some Cities: Supply, Supply, Supply

By Candy Evans / June 21, 2012 /

Really nice piece here in the New York Times explains why we are beginning to see home prices creep — I said CREEP — upwards,  even in markets like Phoenix and Las Vegas: lack of inventory. It’s a very similar situation here in parts of Dallas, mostly the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, and Lakewood: hip…

Where Credit is Due: The Dallas Morning News Borrowed Photos From Ebby Realtor’s “Dallas” Listing, But You’d Never Know by Looking

By Joanna England / June 20, 2012 /

I was reading an article on DallasNews.com earlier today when I saw one of those teasers on the sidebar that said, “Check out this Plano mega-mansion featured on TNT’s reboot of ‘Dallas’.”

I had to click, of course, if not only because I am infatuated with the new “Dallas” cast, but I wanted to see if they had some cool photos outside of the ones you saw with your own eyes right here on CandysDirt.com.

Cinnamon Shore’s Town Growth Goes Gourmet, Takes on Hollywood

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

Perhaps you have procrastinated, like I have a tendency to do. Maybe you haven’t decided where to take the family for a fun-filled vacation, and it’s mid June. May I suggest Cinnamon Shore, Mustang Island’s seaside village, located in Port Aransas on Texas’s Coastal Bend? It’s not that far from Big D and offers a whole schedule of summer events planned to make vacationing in paradise even sweeter. Plus who knows: you might like it so much you decide to buy a second home there.

Tuesday Two Hundred, Las Colinas Style: This House Could Totally Have Been My Mother’s House

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

My mother and dad built their dream home in the late 1960’s, and I so wish I could show you the innards: orange shag carpets, cathedral ceilings, flocked & poppy floral vinyl wallcovering (my mom was sooo psyched about that!) and cultured marble vanities. Mine were red with two shell-shaped sinks; we have a picture…

Tuesday Night 4:00 to 6:00 p.m: Sip and See What Living Near Farmer’s Market is All About!

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

Ever thought it would be a kick to live near Farmer’s Market? How about living downtown in a place that sets you back for less than $400K? Today is your lucky day-o. In a unique multi broker alliance, Nancy Guerriero & Janelle Law of Briggs-Freeman Sothebys, Ashley Beane of Allie Beth Allman, James Ryder of Rogers Healey, & Lance Blann from Dave Perry-Miller are hosting open houses at their Farmer’s Market Townhomes this afternoon from 4:00-6:00pm. Here are the addresses: