Real Estate

NOLA Approves Sean Payton’s New Home in Vaquero, Lease-Purchase Underway

By Candy Evans / February 21, 2011 /

What are we going to do if we start seeing a New Orleans Saints flag flying high in Westlake? Seems NOLA has given their blessings to the Payton family over their move to Vaquero, which is good because Payton told a reporter last week he’s signed a lease-purchase agreement on Mark Teixeira’s house. Don’t be…

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More on Living With the Microsoft Millionaires

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2011 /

Grilling Geordie Romer about his properties in Leavenworth, Washington. You did n’t think I’d let him get off that easily! Second Shelters: Geordie ‚Äì here‚Äôs what we Texans want to know. How dang hot is it up there come August? Geordie: It certainly can get over 100 degrees here in August, but the average maximum…

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Super Bowl XLV Creates Significant Growth for Dallas/Fort Worth Rental Market

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2011 /

It is a tribute to the power of the real estate market that one of the major advertisers in this year’s game, again, is HomeAway.com. (Click here to see their unique, customizable spot — travelers can insert their faces as a main character in the commercial and vacation rental home owners can feature their listings.…

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Second House Porn To Take Your Breath Away: Frank Lloyd Wright Goes to the Beach!

By Candy Evans / December 21, 2010 /

Oh my, now Jupiter Island is lovely, and I could tan myself into some basal cells on that private beach, but this is the place Elin should make Tiger pony up for her and the kids: the Cooke House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Virginia Beach, VA. See, everyone dreams of having perfect homes.…

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California’s Death Wish: Texas Says, Here’s a Knife

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2010 /

More beating on surfin’ dudesville. Joel Kotkin, who was in Dallas last Friday, is on his Texas kick again and I just love it. In fact, I’ve offered to help him find a house in Texas and just move in. This time he’s talking about the political and social and plain insane suicide Californians dealt…

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