House Candy

Ask Candy: Symptoms of the Hot Market — No Call Backs from Brokers, No Nada

By Candy Evans / March 10, 2014 /

What gives? A reader writes: Candy, I’ve had a couple of recent broker interactions that I found to be strange, and wonder if you could help me out.  The pattern is this:  a property in which I’m interested suddenly sports a for sale sign.  I call the listing broker… then, I never get a call…

Crazy Real Estate Market Marks the Return of the Bidding War: A Case Study

By Candy Evans / March 7, 2014 /

Steve Brown interviewed a cross-section of Realtor buds, from Lydia Player to Robert Kucharski to my buddy Scott Carlson. And what are they saying? Just what we’ve been telling you: house inventory is at a 20 year low, the market is hot, bidding wars on homes that are listed, prices spiking. CoreLogic tells us that…

Inwood Home of the Week: A Kessler Woods Wonder to Get You Back on That January-Get-Sleek-Diet-Regime Track

By Candy Evans / March 6, 2014 /

I don’t know about you, but this cold yuck just gave me yet another excuse to bake and cook, well, yes, eat drink. I need to find some homes for diet inspiration! Homes that make me want to jump and move and burn fat! What? Homes as diet inspiration? Yes, actually. Beach homes are the…

AA Merger Magic for Our Real Estate Market: US Air Exec Snaps up Sharif & Munir Mansion on Strait Lane

By Candy Evans / March 5, 2014 /

Here is yet another indicator of our hot, hot real estate market even in the double-million dollar price range. And it’s a good example of how our economy is feeding the real estate frenzy for the One Percent. The merger of U.S. Airways with American Airlines has brought a whole slew of high-end buyers to Dallas, and any agent with a home over about five million is polishing up their portfolio.

More on Milennials: Diversity, Walkability, Smaller Homes… Not Necessarily Urban

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2014 /

I have christened Milennials the Concierge Generation. These kids aren’t so bad after all! Turns out, they actual buy homes, even though some of us may have thought they’d live in dorms forever.  According to Real Estate Coach Travis Robertson, millennials bought up about one-third of residential real estate in 2013. This is very much…