Real Estate

$15,000 for Professional Holiday Lights? Those Fancy Park Cities Christmas Lights Run North of $30,000 — Better See Them Tonight!

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2013 /

The 1% like it bright! This article in the Wall Street Journal a couple weeks ago tickled me: it was like a eureka — people spent thousands of dollars on holiday lights, like $15,000 and upwards, to decorate for the holidays. And further eureka: More Americans are forgoing the difficult and sometimes risky endeavor of…

Fort Worth Realtor Stabbed to Death In Office, Police Say Suspect Knew Victim, Have Leads on Perp

By Joanna England / December 31, 2013 /

It’s absolutely terrifying to know that anyone can make their way into an open real estate office and then stab a person repeatedly. Even scarier that it can happen in broad daylight at 4 p.m.

That’s what happened to Fort Worth Realtor Suzanne Parsons, a well-loved businesswoman who worked out of the RE/MAX office on Heritage Parkway and was considered a great friend and overall nice person.

Boot Ranch Draws Large Crowd in Dallas at Anteks: Home on the Range in Fredericksburg

By Candy Evans / December 30, 2013 /

What three words all but guarantee a crowd and a good time, even during the craziness of the holidays? The Texas Hill Country and Golf!

Heavy Hearts This Holiday Season: Dallas Loses Philanthropist Extraordinaire Harold Simmons, Pediatrician Steve Crow

By Candy Evans / December 30, 2013 /

One of the city’s most generous philanthropists, Harold C. Simmons, died Saturday evening at Baylor University medical Center at the age of 82. Simmons was ranked 40th on Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Born in east Texas to two humble school teachers, he made a fortune by buying a drug store across from SMU…

Virginia McAlester Takes a Dallas Swiss Avenue Home Tour to the New York Times

By Candy Evans / December 29, 2013 /

This is a must-read, perfect story to bring us out of our holiday rest: Dallas founder and past president of Preservation Dallas Virginia Savage McAlester takes the world on a tour of her 96 year old Swiss Avenue home located in the 5700 block of Swiss. She is also the author of  “A Field Guide to American…