Real Estate Market News

Dripping Springs Ranch With Movie Credits Available for $5.8 Million: Texas Real Estate Ranch Porn

By Candy Evans / June 27, 2011 /

Highlight: a solarium in the gigunda master bathroom complete with potted plants and birds, starred in The Alamo! When you live in Texas, there is just something about owning a ranch as a second home that is so dang appealing. It gets in your blood as the ultimate great escape for the weekend. Having hundreds…

Kenny Roger’s Georgia Peach Listed for $20 Million:Post Fathers Day House Porn

By Candy Evans / June 26, 2011 /

  Father’s Day was last weekend, but this spread would have made a great gift of second home real estate for Anthony Weiner: Beaver Dam Farms. The 973-acre private estate is tucked away in the rolling foothills of Athens, Georgia. It was built from the root up and designed by country music legend Kenny Rogers…

Madre and Padre Viva With the Kids: How The Hispanic Housing Boom Will Affect Texas Real Estate & Mexicans Building U.S. Fortesses

By Candy Evans / June 21, 2011 /

Dallas Real Estate is changing. Several years ago, my cousin and his wife moved his parents into their home. It was a bit unsettling because I thought my aunt and uncle needed their own space. Turns out my cousins, who live in Florida, were way ahead of me. With more Hispanics buying homes in Texas…

Real Estate State of the Union: How Texas Real Estate Will Fare in the Recovery — Did You Say, Real Estate Recovery?

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2011 /

Yes, I did. It ain’t happening overnight, not even next week. But sometime in the year 2013 is the magic number tossed out by the number-crunching experts as the year our real estate market finally recovers. Economists who spoke at¬†the “Mid-year Economic Update” panel at the¬†National Association of Real Estate Editors meeting last week in…

States With the Most Rooms Per Home: Everything’s Bigger in Texas and UTAH?

By Candy Evans / June 5, 2011 /

Yes, Utah, the Mormon state, home of multiple wives and big families — kidding. (Sort of.) According to recent information released by the U.S. Census Bureau, as reported by U-Haul, Utah properties have the most rooms per home, on average, followed by Texas. The Census Bureau surveyed 915 metropolitan and micropolitan areas and found out…