Realtor News

When Do You Know You've Found "The One"? About 20 Minutes After You've Checked it Out on MLS

By Joanna England / July 19, 2013 /

Interesting study by the Institute for Behavioral and Experimental Real Estate at Old Dominion University at Norfolk, Va. (what a mouthful!). Researchers found that it takes just 20 seconds for shoppers to decide on whether or not to pursue a home just from the information presented on the very front page of the listing. From there,…

Does Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Feel Sorry for His Home Town Mo-Town?

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2013 /

I mean, he played a role: Kwame Kilpatrick was mayor of one of America’s largest cities at the age of 31. He resigned in 2008, after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in a scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair with his chief of staff. OK, so a lot of politicians dabble extra-maritally.…

Are Dallas Bugs the Worst in the Nation? At Least We Don't Have Greenheads

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2013 /

I have returned from Maine, a state I love for many reasons. Number 1, lobster. Number two, my good friend Ron Corning was born there, number three my husband’s precious grandfather bought a home there on the Maine coast where we vacation every summer. The east coast has been unseasonably wet, and was also unseasonably…

Dallas Real Estate Pop Quiz: What Famous Dallas Mansion's Owners Once Lived in Our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week?

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2013 /

Little pop-quiz over here on CandysDirt: do these homes look similar? A little? No, OK. How about are they both light, white and very bright? Bingo! Turns out they were built by the same couple. 11715 Parwen, the first home and our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week, has a smooth white stucco interior and the…

Dans Bois Crete, aka Our $19.5 Million Heartthrob on Inwood: Owner Tells All to the New York Times

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2013 /

You recall this listing, yes. As if we can ever forget. Definitely one of the most beautiful homes in Dallas, inside and out. The home’s name, “Dans Bois Crete”, means “in wood ridge”. In a wood ridge it is, indeed, located on that elegant stretch of Inwood Road just south of Walnut Hill, not too far…