Real Estate Market News

Real Estate 101 Ask the Teach: Buying Profile of the Average Real Estate Investor May Shock You

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2014 /

Remember Kelly Logsdon Rush? Teacher of the Year and my very first Real Estate teacher? Kelly is back with a somewhat regular little segment here on CandysDirt.com called “Ask The Teach”. I know a thing or two about real estate, but Kelly knows about five trillion things, so much, in fact, that she teaches RE…

Dallas City Council to Determine Fate of Plastic Grocery Bags & Maybe Get Us Sued Again?

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2014 /

You may have heard that the Dallas City Council is nearing a vote or a discussion or something on what to do about those thin plastic grocery bags some of use whenever we pick up groceries, drugs, sundries, whatever. They call them “one-time use” but I tend to use them a couple times. I don’t…

Breaking: Faisal Halum Departs ABA, Joins Briggs Freeman Sothebys

By Candy Evans / March 25, 2014 /

I caught up with Faisal Halum Monday on his very first day as a Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s senior vice president. Faisal and his assistant, Michael Mahon, left Allie Beth Allman where Faisal was a top producer on the Mathews-Nichols team. But Faisal, who I always think of in terms of luxury high rise real estate sales…

Real Estate Auctions 101: Laura Brady Explains the Concierge Buyer's Premium

By Candy Evans / March 25, 2014 /

With another real estate auction coming to Dallas, Texas as the incredible Les Jardins estate designed by Anton F. Korn Jr. is slated to be sold to the highest bidder on April 24, I thought we might want to better understand the real estate auction process. The question arises, who pays for the auction expenses and the…

Real Estate Auctions 101: Laura Brady Explains the Concierge Buyer’s Premium

By Candy Evans / March 25, 2014 /

With another real estate auction coming to Dallas, Texas as the incredible Les Jardins estate designed by Anton F. Korn Jr. is slated to be sold to the highest bidder on April 24, I thought we might want to better understand the real estate auction process. The question arises, who pays for the auction expenses and the…