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Big Bold Sales Move: Here Are the Details on Museum's Tower's 24 Month, Money Back Guarantee… and More…

By Candy Evans / January 10, 2013 /

You may recall that in early November 2012, Museum Tower came out with a gutzy move to spur condo sales: offering buyers an unprecedented two-year, money-back price guarantee.  George Zimmer’s voice kept circulating through my head. At the time, I remember thinking, wowsers, that’s bold and I need to know more about this! Well, Steven C. Sandborg, Vice…

Flowers Are Like Diamonds to Any Room, And Diamonds Are My (Very) Best Friends!

By Candy Evans / January 10, 2013 /

Now for a word from our sponsor, sort of. As this site grows, we are peppering our real estate news with a bit of interior design goodies. Like all our vendors, our design advertisers are hand-picked because they have wonderful products and design sense. And sometimes we need them to help sell a house! I…

A Closer Look at Jack Matthew’s High Rise Portfolio — and How His Buildings Are Like Lululemon for the Environment (and Any Ski Deals at Calgary?)

By Candy Evans / January 9, 2013 /

As I backtracked research on Jack Matthews yesterday,  I discovered something really cool: Matthews’ building in Calgary, The Bow. Like Lululemon work-out gear, it is like perfectly made to fit the Canadian environment. I glanced at the Matthews Southwest site quickly over the weekend, yes, but when I dug deeper I found so much cool stuff…

A Closer Look at Jack Matthew's High Rise Portfolio — and How His Buildings Are Like Lululemon for the Environment (and Any Ski Deals at Calgary?)

By Candy Evans / January 9, 2013 /

As I backtracked research on Jack Matthews yesterday,  I discovered something really cool: Matthews’ building in Calgary, The Bow. Like Lululemon work-out gear, it is like perfectly made to fit the Canadian environment. I glanced at the Matthews Southwest site quickly over the weekend, yes, but when I dug deeper I found so much cool stuff…

Dallas Real Estate 2012, The Year & Star Agents in Review: Guess Who Will Be The Stars of 2013?

By Candy Evans / January 8, 2013 /

My official 2012 real estate wrap is up on CultureMap.com, whose Dallas debut is definitely one of the best things that happened to our city in 2012. Talk about changing the face of Dallas media! (We need it!) I spent New Year’s Eve and most of last week musing over the biggest and best Dallas real estate deals and agents of the year — and really, truly, I have to say it all started with the April auction sale of Champs D’Or, which made awesome broker agent Clay Stapp a mighty happy man as he brought the buyer. I expect more great things from Clay Stapp & Associates in the coming year.