Real Estate Market News

Champ d’Or Chalked Up Mega Pageviews on MSNBC.COM Today

By Candy Evans / March 21, 2012 /

This is why auctions can be so darn effective: Champ d’Or is getting a Texas-sized dose of publicity not just here but all over the world now. I shot a video for Zillow there last week, and now it’s gone plumb viral. Which means, lots of hits to our site today. I thought this comment was…

Would You Trade Your Suburban Home to Live Right Smack in Dallas — Like, in Oak Cliff?

By Candy Evans / March 19, 2012 /

I need to get in touch with assistant city manager Joey Zapata and check out his new digs in Oak Cliff. Zapata moved out of a cush suburban home and into the city, buying a 1949 vintage home in El Tivoli Place in North Oak Cliff. I read his guest column last week in the City of…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We Are on High Alert for Green Homes

By Candy Evans / March 16, 2012 /

If you have a house or room that is greener than this one, send it on over to us to post. Meantime, have a safe and happy St. Paddy’s Day!

Friday Four Hundred: This House is So Charming It Ought to Have It’s Own Reality Show — Real Houses of Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / March 16, 2012 /

Forget those rich broads — Diane, Lisa, Rhonda, Tiffany and Desiree. This home is so dang cute, IT should be the star of its own show. We could call it The Real Houses of Preston Hollow. I know when you think Preston Hollow, you think about all the estates lining Park Lane, about Randall Stephenson’s family fortress over on Walnut Hill Lane, and those 7800 square foot McMansions crammed onto the lots east of Preston. But this is the REAL Preston Hollow …

Meet Junior Desinor, CEO Level Properties. It Pays to Work For Him — Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / March 14, 2012 /

Look at that handsome young man! Garcia Desinor Junior’s story just kind of melts my heart and makes me feel good about, well, don’t laugh, America. I know this sounds schmultzy for the profile of a dynamic Dallas Realtor who is only 28 and already knocking it out of the Ballpark. But really, Junior’s story…