Real Estate

What Will GCB Do to Dallas Real Estate on Swiss Avenue? “Dallas is the Most Cosmopolitan City in Texas”

By Candy Evans / March 5, 2012 /

Once upon a time every visitor who came to Dallas had to run to Southfork to snap a photo in front of JR Ewing’s house. Now, however, they are running over to 5439 Swiss Avenue, home of Carlene Cockburn (yes, that is really her name)  on the new ABC Series “GCB”, based on the book by…

Rents On The Rise in Dallas/Fort Worth: Changing Face of the 2012 Homebuyer

By Candy Evans / February 28, 2012 /

So with rents averaging around $1000 for a two-bedroom apartment in the Metroplex, it is almost cheaper now to buy than rent. Does this have the troops stirred up about home- buying again? Yes…maybe. More agents are telling me how the market for first time homebuyers is picking up in Dallas. I went north to Plano and talked with André Kocher of Keller Williams and Wade Betz of Guardian Mortgage Company about the new, more fiscally conservative homebuyer coming in for loans.

Saturday/Sunday Six Hundred: Tailor-Made for Trader Joe’s Management

By Candy Evans / February 25, 2012 /

By Karen Eubank Trader Joes is moving to Big D, opening at the old Arcadia Theater in the fall,  and we couldn’t be happier. So happy, in fact, that we’re house hunting for their management! We’ve found the perfect place so close our TJ pals can bike to work! (They can fire up the Prius in July/August!) Joe…

Tuesday Two Hundred Valentines Day Special: Live a Waldorf Astoria Life on Waldorf – $249K

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2012 /

Hot new listing for you steamy lovers out there at 3604 Waldorf, little west of Marsh. Full disclosure: we lived on nearby Ainsworth years ago, our very first home. Yeah, the print on our marriage license wasn’t even dry (and my husband had stuck himself with a needle while drawing blood from someone with VD…

Big Is Back, II: If You Can’t Find A Big Enough Lot, Buy Three — Family Compound on Walnut Hill Lane

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2012 /

More proof of what I was writing earlier: big is back when it comes to the uber rich building homes in Dallas real estate. And if you cannot find a lot big enough for your dream mansion, you just buy several and tear down whatever the hec is on them. Voila, dream compound Readers have been…