Real Estate

Tuesday Two Hundred: Live in the Honeypot of Oak Lawn and Club It Up

By Candy Evans / June 12, 2012 /

Let’s face it: living in Oak Lawn is just fun. Oak Lawn was the first place we ever lived in Dallas, and you get a kind of free swinging singles vibe that can be fun at 25 or 65. And of course, you have the best entertainment in town come Friday night there on Cedar…

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Coldwell Banker Analyzes The State of Residential Real Estate “By The Numbers,” And Finds People Looking For Homes in Texas

By Joanna England / June 12, 2012 /

Journalists are notorious for being bad with numbers. I won’t lie — I got a C in calculus and I was so proud of it. But that’s not to say I can’t appreciate data and statistics (I aced statistics, by the way!).

That’s why I love this idea from Coldwell Banker’s Blue Matter blog, which breaks down trends inside the homebuying process. This month, Coldwell Banker statistician Weiman Dong and COO Budge Husky take a gander at data for the month of May on the Coldwell Banker website and come up with some interesting results.

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Monday Morning Millionaire, II: Contemporary Architectural Wonder on Watauga Taking Us to New Heights

By Candy Evans / June 12, 2012 /

This is one of those moments when you just want to go, ahhhh. Breathe deeply, because you will need it to get up the hill, the HILLS. This stunning abode in the bluffs is the home of a Dallas couple named David and Emily Corrigan. They LOVE  architecturally significant homes. In fact, they told D…

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Friday Five Hundred: What Does $500K Buy in Old Shepherd Place? Pecan Hardwoods and Interior Upgrades to the Nth Degree in Plano

By Candy Evans / June 8, 2012 /

I am told this is one of the most unusual homes in Plano. 5212 Blackhawk Drive, Plano, marketed by Sandy Donsky. (Not Scott Vann as I noted earlier, however, he is the brilliant agent who brought the home to my attention!) Custom built in 1989, it is a one owner home with significant upgrades — do…

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Wishful Wednesday: I Dreamed I Could Afford a House with Three Masters in Preston Hollow’s Honeypot For Under $4 Million…

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2012 /

I really did dream this and not in my Maidenform Bra: I was living in some vague house and I opened up the computer to see that a fabulous newer home with old world charm, class and character was ready and waiting for me for me with open angel arms (and THREE master suites!) for…

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