Real Estate Market News

What Does This S&P Downgrade and Stuff Mean for the Dallas Real Estate Market? Another Nail in the RE Recovery Coffin?

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2011 /

 Another nail in the coffin of the struggling real estate recovery? That’s Jonathan Miller and me in San Francisco at Real Estate Connect. I am glad we are friends because Jonathan is about the most quoted real estate consultant and expert these days, and one of the most knowledgeable appraisers I know. (I’ve given up on…

Why Everyone Leaves Dallas In August, and Where They Go: The Dallas Second Home Report

By Candy Evans / August 14, 2011 /

Do you find it impossible to get anything done in Dallas in August? Let’s face it: everyone in town has taken a hike. And do you blame them? I’d much rather be at the seashore in Maine, on the Gulf Coast at Alys Beach, even down at Cinnamon Shore (which opens a new coffee house next week)…

Oh Steve, Start Managing Your Headlines, Please. We Are Talking .3 % For Cripes Sake!

By Candy Evans / August 11, 2011 /

Like I’m serious. This is ridiculous. The real estate headline in yesterday’s Dallas Morning News says: “Dallas-area home prices projected to inch lower in coming months” Inch? Creep? Lean? “Dallas-area home prices were down almost 5 percent from a year ago in the latest Case-Shiller Index data for May.” Yes, Case-Shiller. Old data and doesn’t…

This Northwood Hills Home’s Interior is Better Than Sex! Dallas Real Estate News, Candy Sale of the Week $849K

By Candy Evans / August 10, 2011 /

I may be a little carried away here, but I almost — screamed — when I saw this master bath at 13915 Carillon Drive listed by cute Jacqui Bloomquist with Coldwell Banker. You. Have. Got. To. See. It. I’ll just say it — orgasmic, OK?  Totally over the top loaded in the best way. This home is…

Cliff Notes: Oak Cliff Real Estate News and Muse

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2011 /

Guest post by Will Kolb CandysDirt.com has invited me to become part of its growing family of community reporters.  Founder and Blogger Candace Evans has given me a glorious section of Dallas to call my own: Oak Cliff. I’m thrilled because I think it’s the biggest and the best. Oak Cliff is by far the largest…