Realtor News

Dallas Homeowner Researches His Home’s Design Past, and Finds Architect Neal Lacey

By Candy Evans / November 5, 2012 /

A CandysDirt.com Guest Post by the wonderful Pete Peabody When my family purchased a North Dallas home built in 1967, we had little time for research. Everything happened in about three weeks. Our day-to-day life with 2 children under age 3 now included packing up a three-story Uptown area townhouse, schlepping everything up the Tollway…

Need Some Eye Candy? The “Men of Ebby” Calendar Launch Party is On!

By Joanna England / November 1, 2012 /

Sounds pretty hot, doesn’t it? They have the brawn and the brains to tickle all your fancies, so head out to 6622 Norway for the “Men of Ebby” calendar party at 4 p.m. Enjoy edibles and drinkables while you mix and mingle with the dashing dudes until 8 p.m. tonight. There’s a $5 suggested donation…

Expert Advice: Ready For Fewer Closing Documents? Marcus McCue Says Changes might make it a reality

By Joanna England / October 30, 2012 /

  Changes are coming to some of the key documents that homebuyers sign when they close on a mortgage loan. Government agencies are behind these changes, so it should come as no surprise that they’re late. The changes to the Good Faith Estimate, Truth-in- Lending Disclosure and HUD-1 Settlement Statement — required by the Dodd…

I Dreamed My Next Home Was Within Walking Distance of Highland Park Village. Well, the Best Buy in Highland Park Just Got Better…

By Candy Evans / October 26, 2012 /

Many of you are too young to remember the Maidenform commercials: “I Dreamed I Did… the Dishes in My Maidenform Bra”. (Or did something.) It was a 1950’s/1960’s lingerie ad campaign that I saw on TV when I was in utero- ha! The Maidenform Bra print and tv ads featured a woman wearing her lingerie, her bra, in public doing…

Fact: Follow the Gayborhood for the Best Home Values — But Where ?

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2012 /

They might as well make this a Wikopedia fact: when gays move into a neighborhood, home values spiral upwards. A few days ago an article in The Dallas Voice asked, what areas do we call the “Gayborhood” in Dallas? Is it a two-block radius around The Crossroads? The better part of Dallas County? Your bedroom…