Realtor News

Dallas Developer Jack Matthews Said to be Making a Bid to Buy Museum Tower

By Candy Evans / January 5, 2013 /

Just read this over on the Dallas Morning News Scoop Blog: Dallas Developer Jack Matthews has, for weeks, been negotiating a potential deal to buy Museum Tower with the owners, the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, according to DMN sources. If true, this sparks hope that a change of management for the tower could help…

Another Case-Shiller Report Calls for a Toast: Home Prices Up 4.3% Nationally, 4.6% in Big D

By Candy Evans / December 28, 2012 /

They may be talking Fiscal Cliff in D.C., but you can only say good things about our housing market unless, that is, you live in Chicago. Or New York. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Index shows home prices continued to rise in October, with prices up 4.3% annually within the 20-city composite index that S&P scrutinizes…

Monday Morning Millionaire: I’d Stay Home Alone or With Company for Christmas in This Perry Heights Georgian!

By Candy Evans / December 24, 2012 /

I dreamed I got a Georgian for Christmas! You know how some homes just ooze good vibes and what I call “great house juju”? This home is a blonde version of the red Georgian “Home Away” home up in Winnetka, Ill. Well of course it is — this is Dallas after all! In fact, 4434…

Monday Morning Millionaire for The Week Before Christmas: Just Get High and Ask Santa To Buy You This Estate at Lake Lewisville’s Sunrise Bay

By Candy Evans / December 18, 2012 /

Yes, we have our $30 million dollar Manson Court mansions, our Mt. Vernon and Troy’s pad, if he ever decides to put Highland Drive back on the market. Of course, if the Hicks ever put The Crespi Estate on the market, it would blow them all out of the water. Speaking of water, why not…

A Darling Deal for Darling Homes, and Further Proof the DFW Economy is Cooking

By Candy Evans / December 14, 2012 /

I happen to be pretty crazy about Frisco-based Darling Homes. Apparently, others are too. Darling Homes has entered into a purchase agreement to be acquired by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based home builder Taylor Morrison. Even more exciting: Taylor Morrison, which is owned by private equity funds, wants to go public. The company is working on a $250 million stock…