Realtor News

The Lakewood Home Tour is TODAY! And TOMORROW! And I have Two More Tickets Left….

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2012 /

That’s it, TWO tickets for anyone who can tell me in what year J.J. Long School, pictured here, was built. So much on tap in Lakewood this weekend, you cannot miss Eddie Maestri’s modern farmhouse on Coronado, a spectacular mid century-modern influenced new build on Lake Circle, or a historic Spanish-style Hutsell home right Lakewood…

Troy Aikman Really Did Take His Home Off the Market… Like We Told You in September

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2012 /

Troy Aikman’s Highland Park home is officially off the market, as I told you back in September. Then, I thought it was because a buyer was circling, and selling it out of MLS could have kept the price a secret because of those pesky new MLS rules. But no,  Allie Beth Allman told Candace Carlisle…

Saturday Six Hundred You’d Better See Today, Because This Greenland Hills Tudor is Totally Modern Milly!

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2012 /

Realtors ask me to come see their homes HOURLY. Darling Maria Centeno with Virginia Cook has been trying to get me over to 5515 Morningside Drive now for ages. And you know what? When Maria talks, I listen and will forever more. This home would have been worth a drive in from — Timbuktu! I…

The Real Estate OMG Department: Does Angela Hunt Really Want DNA Testing on Dallas Turds?

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2012 /

Now I’ve heard everything. At Wednesday’s Dallas City Council meeting, our fearless leaders were actually pitched the idea of creating a citywide program to test every Dallas dog’s DNA in order to cure people who don’t clean up after their pups. The pitch came from a company that runs a dog-poo DNA program in use at the Ilume, called Poo Prints. Love the name. The Ilume, in case you do not know, is a way cool, high end apartment complex on Cedar Springs Road near the Tollway.

My Favorite Bush Family: What Does President Obama’s Re-Election Mean for Dallas Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / November 8, 2012 /

This was the topic I had to sputter on Wednesday morning at the East Dallas M.L.S. meeting over at Lubys on Mockingbird. And here I am with my two favorite BUSHES — that’s Bud Bush of Dave Perry Miller and his cousin, David Bush, who hosted Wednesday’s event. First we downed coffee, then I gave…