Real Estate

76% of Vacation Home Owners Say Now is the Time to Buy a Second Home — SecondShelters

By Candy Evans / September 22, 2011 /

Vacation homes are now hotter to lease out than hotel rooms! All the deets over on SecondShelters.com, our sister blog (sista sista!).

What Are The Hottest Neighborhoods in Dallas? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 20, 2011 /

Lake Highlands? Shorecrest? Highland Park? Peninsula? Park Cities? Preston Hollow (my vote!)? Lake Highlands? Midway Hollow? Kessler Park? Bishop Arts? Ravinia? The Cedars? Junius Heights Historic District? Far North Dallas? Richardson? Southlake? Colleyville? Arlington? The other day I was waaaay out in Benbrook,wowzers, beautiful community! I want to hear what you like and why you…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Classic Details, Rookwood Fireplace and a Guest House for Less Than One Million

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2011 /

What does a million dollars buy you in Dallas? A whole heck of a lot if you look south of the Trinity. This Hewitt & Habgood listing is at 1029 Lausanne, not too  far from where former Mayor Laura Miller and hubby Steve Wolens used to live, before they packed up and moved off to some…

Friday Five Hundred Club: Brand Butt Spanking New Prairie Off Greenville Ave, $479,900. Not Even Lying.

By Candy Evans / September 9, 2011 /

This is the exact kind of home that gives Dallas real estate its great reputation for beautiful, new homes that are so affordable you can snap them right up like shoes, almost. And by the way, since this is new construction by master builder Jeff Dworkin JLD Custom Homes—one of my faves. Naturally, you won’t hear…

Winter Spring Summer and Fall, All You Have To Do is Call — Carole King’s Idaho Ranch Now a Blue Light Special

By Candy Evans / August 30, 2011 /

The price has been slashed from $16 million to just $11.5 for this amazing ranch spread one hour and a half north of the sleepy Ketchum/Sun Valley ski community of Hemingway fame. Located in the tiny town of Stanley, Idaho, and how cute is that name? (Not to be Debbie Downer, but Hemingway did commit suicide…