Real Estate Market News

Candy’s Sale of the Week: Expanded Master, Lowered Price of Santa Barbara Style in Old Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2012 /

I have written about this house before, and I could write about it every single day of my life. It gets my vote for one of the most beautiful homes in Dallas on the INSIDE as well as out. And then talk about location! 5424 Edlen is perched on one of the most desirable corners in Old Preston Hollow: Edlen and Hollow Way. Edlen was named after one of the developer’s two daughters, long ago. We used to live within two blocks of this fabulous home, which is how I know all this stuff. We even knew the people who lived in the home prior to it being torn down in the early 1990’s to create this temple of architectural beauty.

Attention Real Estate Junkies: You Need This Boot to Kick You In The A***

By Candy Evans / February 15, 2012 /

Inman’s Agent ReBoot is coming to Dallas AGAIN this month, Wednesday, February 29, all day long at the Renaissance Richardson. Soon you’ll have a cute ad over there on the side to click on so you can sign up. It’s all of $49.   What, you may ask, is Agent ReBoot and why should you be there?…

Tuesday Two Hundred Valentines Day Special: Live a Waldorf Astoria Life on Waldorf – $249K

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2012 /

Hot new listing for you steamy lovers out there at 3604 Waldorf, little west of Marsh. Full disclosure: we lived on nearby Ainsworth years ago, our very first home. Yeah, the print on our marriage license wasn’t even dry (and my husband had stuck himself with a needle while drawing blood from someone with VD…

Big Is Back, II: If You Can’t Find A Big Enough Lot, Buy Three — Family Compound on Walnut Hill Lane

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2012 /

More proof of what I was writing earlier: big is back when it comes to the uber rich building homes in Dallas real estate. And if you cannot find a lot big enough for your dream mansion, you just buy several and tear down whatever the hec is on them. Voila, dream compound Readers have been…

Big Is Back: Living Large in Dallas Real Estate Never Really Went Out of Style

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2012 /

I laugh whenever I read that American homes are getting smaller. Maybe SOME homes. But custom homes for the uber wealthy here and elsewhere are bigger than ever. True, there is my generation of Baby Boomers who are contemplating downsizing. Had lunch with Mickey Munir last week of Sharif-Munir Custom Homes, who told me about…