Realtor News

Survey Says … Trulia Economist Asked Homeowners What Their Biggest Regret is as National Housing Market Shows Signs of Rebound

By Joanna England / April 23, 2013 /

More and more homeowners are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and as the downward trajectory of the housing market turns upward, they are also seeing missed opportunities. Jed Kolko, Trulia’s chief economist, says in a Wall Street Journal interview that national home prices are up 7.2 percent annually and that most…

Michael Jenkins # 31 Lists His Turtle Creek Pad at The Sorrento — Adios, Big D?

By Candy Evans / April 23, 2013 /

I am very excited that Michael Jenkins is putting this pad on the market — want to know why? I am dying to see what The Sorrento looks like! The Sorrento is a luxury mid-rise in Preston Hollow that was built about 2006 or so. I hear it is just hot stuff, and now Bill…

After All, What is a Home REALLY For? Shelter, Comfort, and Love, says Lisa Blue

By Candy Evans / April 22, 2013 /

It was a bit difficult last week for us to write about and focus on homes, the beautiful homes we love to feature here on CandysDirt.com. When I delivered my taxes my check to my CPA Monday, there was a wild criminal car chase and news crews gathered at Medical City: one pregnant woman dead. Then came the…

Coming Up This Weekend: Not One, But Two Dallas Home (House P***) Tours!

By Candy Evans / April 19, 2013 /

Double your pleasure and House Porn fun this weekend. Are you a mod or confirmed traditionalist? Maybe both? My kind of person, and the reason why we all need multiple homes! In any case, this is the season for home tours and this weekend packs in two! Today kicks off the two-day, all-modern White Rock Home…

What West, Texas Will Need ASAP: About 30 to 60 New Homes. Let's Have a House Drive!

By Candy Evans / April 18, 2013 /

Just got off the phone with West, Texas Realtor Pat Grimm, of Slovak Realty, who tells me he has lived in West all his life. The town’s main business is farm and ranching, the town’s population about 2800. West was founded about 1882 around the KATY railroad, and a lot of Czech and German settlers…