Real Estate Market News

Curbed Calls Champ d’Or Tacky, Texas-Sized Manse Monument to the Giddy Tackiness of the Pre-Recession

By Candy Evans / February 3, 2014 /

Well, this is kind of rude.  The Texas megamansion that has been redefining “gauche” since 2002—took another tortuous turn this week, when the troubled home hit the market less than two years after being sold at auction. You know how I feel about homes: there is something about them to love, each one of them,…

Dean & Deluca, Apple, Nike, H&M and More: What Mehrdad Has In Store for the Statler

By Candy Evans / February 3, 2014 /

I had to stop myself from making yet another one of the 20,000 editing mistakes one (I) makes when blogging 3000 to 5000 words per day. I almost typed “Has in Store for the Stoneleigh” instead of Statler, as in Statler Hilton in downtown Dallas. He owns the Creeks of Preston Hollow, too. Mehrdad just…

Gentrification Rebellion: What We Can Learn From Mistakes San Francisco Has Made

By Candy Evans / February 3, 2014 /

Is this the new gentrification rebellion? I have been fretting about this for years: the middle class is shrinking in the U.S. Perhaps because I am so entrenched in real estate, I see the way the 1% is living up close. A story in this week’s TIME confirmed it (sub. req.): The gap between rich…

Happy Super Bowl Sunday: Inside Peyton Manning's Massive Wine Room (Tony's Will be Better)

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2014 /

The Cowboys aren’t playing, but the whole world will be watching the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks face-off for Super Bowl XLVIII in freezing New Jersey in a bit. I turn to my colleague Neil Leitereg for a look at some Super Bowl homes. Contrast and compare the wine rooms of the teams’ top stars, Denver’s Peyton Manning and Seattle’s Marshawn Lynch.…

Happy Super Bowl Sunday: Inside Peyton Manning’s Massive Wine Room (Tony’s Will be Better)

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2014 /

The Cowboys aren’t playing, but the whole world will be watching the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks face-off for Super Bowl XLVIII in freezing New Jersey in a bit. I turn to my colleague Neil Leitereg for a look at some Super Bowl homes. Contrast and compare the wine rooms of the teams’ top stars, Denver’s Peyton Manning and Seattle’s Marshawn Lynch.…