Realtor News

The Never-Ending Home Search: How Jo England Became Obsessed With Real Estate

By Joanna England / December 10, 2012 /

Shopping for a home can be nerve-wracking. When you’re actively looking for a home, most often you’re dealing with a deadline, a budget, and an unrealistic wishlist. It’s hard, trying to make concesssions with your spouse and trying to compromise on what is a need and what is a want. Our home search was no…

Building With the Boys: How Building a Home is, Honestly, Kind of Like (Really Great) Plastic Surgery

By Candy Evans / December 10, 2012 /

Here we go, part V or VI, I’ve had too much Pinot Noir to count. More on the new house saga over there on Azaela with Justin Kettler and Tim Loecker, who are still delightfully together even after and tell us why building is very much like plastic surgery: Windows:  We are convinced windows can…

Hotelier Sell-Off? Tie a Red Ribbon Around the Home of Former Rosewood CEO John M. Scott On Belclaire!

By Candy Evans / December 7, 2012 /

Hey folks, I have had such a fun week, sure hope I can tell you about it sometime. But have you ever wondered what happened to former Dallas-based Rosewood Hotels & Resorts CEO John M. Scott III? Recall he was replaced over at Rosewood back in August 2011 by the “sexy” Radha Arora.  That came about when…

What’s The Hottest Thing in Dallas Real Estate Right Now? Renting with LOCAL DWELLING!

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2012 /

In case you have not noticed, real estate rentals of single family homes are soaring. Our friends at Zillow just paid $16 million for the real estate rental search site HotPads. Zillow says it is making this hefty acquisition to “expand the size of its growing rental audience and extend the reach of its marketing tools and productivity solutions for rental professionals.” Naturally, rentals rule in large cities like New York, San Francisco and Boston where real estate prices are high, the population is younger, more transient and there are more high density units to choose from.

Larry Hagman Is Not the Only Star Who Lived in Dallas: Here’s Where Judy Garland Slept in Big D (and You Can, Too)

By Candy Evans / December 3, 2012 /

Update, Monday December 3:  360 degree views of Big D from this penthouse including a rooftop terrace with view of the bridge:. 2635 sf. 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, formal dining. And oh yes, it’s leased! Ah, the Maple Terrace. Dallas’ very first “million dollar apartment house”, and no barf beige! The elegant stucco Dallas Landmark…