Real Estate

S&P/Case-Shiller’s .01% Decline For Dallas Real Estate Values Might Make You Over-Imbibe on New Years Eve. It Shouldn’t

By Candy Evans / December 28, 2011 /

Our glorious fourth quarter of 2011 showed more national declines in home prices. Data through October 2011 showed decreases of 1.1% and 1.2% for the 10- and 20-City Composites in October vs. September. Nineteen of the 20 cities covered by the indices also saw home prices decrease over the month, even San Francisco! Grrrrreat. “There…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Go To Plano, Get 2500 Square Feet & Big, Big Bang for Your Buck

By Candy Evans / November 8, 2011 /

When I first spied this home, it did not look like it was in Plano one bit. (Sorry, Plano peeps. Your homes just have a certain “look”. But we love us some Plano and like how smart your kids all are!) In fact this home brings to mind an entirely new blog topic: what the…

Hot Property: Lydia Player, Who Just Did A Hot Little Number of Real Estate Moving Herself!

By Candy Evans / October 24, 2011 /

Lydia Player is a hot property who has just relocated from Virginia Cook Realtors to Ebby Halliday. I caught up with Lydia, a former neighbor (full disclosure here) to find out what tickles her dirt: CD: Lydia, how long have you been selling Real Estate in Dallas? LP: A little more than 6 years. CD:What parts…

Breaking Dallas Real Estate News: Ellen Terry Realtors Folding Into Dave Perry-Miller and Associates, Now Ebby Halliday’s Sole Luxury Real Estate Brand

By Candy Evans / October 23, 2011 /

At 9:00 am Monday morning, October 24, Ellen Terry agents will gather at their Luther Lane/Preston Center offices with a whole lot of company: the 175 agents of Dave Perry-Miller and Associates. Your’s truly will be there, too, live blogging for you. We will learn that the Ellen Terry Realtors, Inc. luxury boutique division of Ebby Halliday, has…

The Suburban Poor Doubled in North Texas Since 2007: My Fascination With Fate Real Estate

By Candy Evans / October 17, 2011 /

Note: According to the Brookings Institution, San Antonio, Texas is the only metro area in the U.S. where median income has risen since 2007. I am fascinated with a little town called Fate, Texas, about 30 miles east of Dallas. Couple reasons why. I think I wrote a story about Fate during the boom about it’s booming population.…