Real Estate Politics

Forecast 2016: Pete Sessions Says He is Not For Housing Tax on Transportation, or Trump, But Would Support Him IF He’s the Party’s Nominee

By Candy Evans / October 16, 2015 /

  Note: I tried to live blog for you this morning, then lost my connection – good ole AT&T! Good morning! I’m sitting here at MetroTex’s Forecast 2016 and Britt Fair is the emcee. Seems like every Realtor is Dallas is here. Pete Sessions is about to take the stage, followed by Jim Gaines, of…

Democrats Blast Rubio For Event at Harlan Crow’s Highland Park Home/Museum: Much Ado About History?

By Candy Evans / September 23, 2015 /

  Now I have heard it all: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, asked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to cancel a presidential fundraiser for Tuesday in Dallas — last night — that was planned at the home of Harlan Crow and his wife, Kathy, on Preston Road. Harlan Crow, as…

Donald Trump Stumps Dallas to Put a Real Estate Mogul in the White House. Nicole Barrett Was There

By Candy Evans / September 15, 2015 /

You know how I believe that Real Estate touches every inch of life? Well, there is no better proof of that right now than Donald Trump. The Real Estate mogul running for President of the United States was in Dallas Monday night and stirred up quite a storm, from the Dump Trump marches outside to…

Meet The Smiths: The First Family of Texas Real Estate

By Candy Evans / September 2, 2015 /

I’m here in Fort Worth celebrating the installation of Leslie Rouda Smith, voted in as the Chairman of the Board of the Texas Association of Realtors for 2016. Last night was the installation dinner and celebration, and let me tell you, it was a gala dinner. The Fort Worth Omni Convention Center and Hotel was…

A Texas Political Update by Evan Smith for ULI North Texas: The Real Estate Takeaway

By Candy Evans / July 10, 2015 /

Evan Smith is the CEO & editor-in-chief of @texastribune (The Texas Tribune) and host of @overheardpbs. He was the former editor of@texasmonthly (Texas Monthly). According to his Twitter bio, he is a political junkie, passable tennis player, and future ex-vegetarian. He was probably eating bacon and eggs yesterday morning at the Park Cities Club where the North…