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Another Secret House (Almost As Secret as the First One) for Sale in Dallas

By Andrew Chalk / January 6, 2011 /

Nobody ever sells on Stonebridge Drive in Dallas (well, two were sold in the neighborhood whole of last year). ¬†The street has anti-tank berms at the north end that virtually eliminate rush hour rat-runners and drunken revelers lost after midnight. It makes for a quiet existence, dismembered from the hurly-burly of living in the heart…

House Porn: Tiger Wood’s Jupiter Island Private Home and Golf Course

By Candy Evans / November 20, 2010 /

Tiger Woods is one dude who appreciates, among other things,¬† second homes. Jeff Lichtenstein of Christie’s Great Estates & Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, sent us a first glimpse of Tiger Wood’s backyard and private practice complex –click on that photo, this is great House Porn: “It appears he has one tee box in…

Second Homes Need Second Porch — New Facebook Site for 7.5 Million Vacation Home Owners

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2010 /

How To Find A Face Behind the Place. Did you know there are more than 7.5 million second home owners in the U.S? I did, of course. And I also know there are about a million more properties out there waiting for owners. In the meantime, what do current second home owners do to monetize…

California’s Death Wish: Texas Says, Here’s a Knife

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2010 /

More beating on surfin’ dudesville. Joel Kotkin, who was in Dallas last Friday, is on his Texas kick again and I just love it. In fact, I’ve offered to help him find a house in Texas and just move in. This time he’s talking about the political and social and plain insane suicide Californians dealt…

Dallas Real Estate News: A Sam’s Club or West Village at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway?

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2010 /

Kidding. Sort of. The folks who live near those 42 vacant acres at Central and Walnut Hill are going to be tripping over ‘dozers and cement trucks now that a Missouri investor has snapped up the land and created a new chapter for Dallas real estate. But the question is, how much did he pay…