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Builders We (Don’t) Love: No They Didn’t

By Candy Evans / February 21, 2014 /

Yes, they did.

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: This Hamptons-Style Home Will Trick You Into Thinking You Are… in the Hamptons!

By Candy Evans / February 20, 2014 /

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that we kind of like us some vacation homes. In fact, we are doing the happy-dance over at SecondShelters: vacation-home sales in the U.S. are rebounding. The National Association of Realtors tells us sales rose 10 percent in 2012, after tumbling — no make…

Meet Todd Macintire, Grandson of Architect Charles Dilbeck

By Candy Evans / February 20, 2014 /

Todd Macintire is in town, visiting his favorite person in the world, his grandmother Pat Dilbeck, with him here inside one of the “four sisters” on Shenandoah at Douglas. Todd, who grew up in Dallas and graduated from Highland Park High School, lives in Brooklyn now where he owns a retouching business, 4cimaging.com. He is…

Fun With the Presidents Streets, Continued: Write Your Own Deed Restrictions on Bushwhacker Drive & House or Guantanamo Cell?

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2014 /

Playing around in the MLS is addicting. I’m supposed to be blogging a feature, but I became fascinated with finding a home on Bush Drive, Street or Road. Lookie what I found. There is a home at 607 Bush Drive in Allen, $175,000 reduced from $179,500. Jeeze they might make a sale if you could…

Presidents Day and Street Names: Values Higher on Daria Than (Reduced) Clinton

By Candy Evans / February 17, 2014 /

Our friends at Zillow cannot get the prices of Texas homes right, but they sure can analyze data. Because when it comes to data, they have a whole lot! For Presidents Day, Zillow analyzed home values nation-wide located on streets named after presidents. The point was to see if home values increased at all on…