Real Estate

Top-5 Friday: Dreaming of a Cool Getaway on Kauai, Hawaii’s Mystical Island!

By Joanna England / May 3, 2013 /

Brrr! It’s the first week of May and it’s chilly in Dallas! Aren’t we supposed to be basking in 72-degree weather and enjoying cocktails on our covered porches? If that’s what you really want to do, then perhaps looking into a second home in a tropical locale is in order. Me? I’m taking my dreamboat…

Case Shiller’s Great Housing News: Dallas Home Values Increased at Greatest Rate Since C-S Even Started Taking Surveys

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2013 /

I mean, dang! Dallas home prices are up 7.1% from last year overall. Is that not great to hear? Prices of pre-owned homes scooted up a whopping 7.1 percent in February from February 2012, a record increase. Like, the biggest increase since Case Shiller has been keeping records. Talk to the agents, they say North Texas home…

Case Shiller's Great Housing News: Dallas Home Values Increased at Greatest Rate Since C-S Even Started Taking Surveys

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2013 /

I mean, dang! Dallas home prices are up 7.1% from last year overall. Is that not great to hear? Prices of pre-owned homes scooted up a whopping 7.1 percent in February from February 2012, a record increase. Like, the biggest increase since Case Shiller has been keeping records. Talk to the agents, they say North Texas home…

“Mi Patria” Expands the Perots’ Real Estate Portfolio: Don’t Forget That Lakeside Lot in Highland Park, the Old Bright Estate

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2013 /

Alan Peppard reminds me that Ross and Sarah Perot still own the old Bum Bright homestead dirt at 4500 Lakeside Drive. I wrote about that one in March of 2008, when they tore down the old Bright estate. The Bright home was a gorgeous Mediterranean hacienda with a clay-tiled roof, massive stucco archways, and a…

"Mi Patria" Expands the Perots' Real Estate Portfolio: Don't Forget That Lakeside Lot in Highland Park, the Old Bright Estate

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2013 /

Alan Peppard reminds me that Ross and Sarah Perot still own the old Bum Bright homestead dirt at 4500 Lakeside Drive. I wrote about that one in March of 2008, when they tore down the old Bright estate. The Bright home was a gorgeous Mediterranean hacienda with a clay-tiled roof, massive stucco archways, and a…