Realtor News

East Dallas Blogger and New CandysDirt Contributor Bruce Felps Hospitalized

By Candy Evans / October 10, 2011 /

UPDATE: Here’s more on Bruce’s condition from the folks at MSNBC.com, where he also blogs. Bruce Felps, a Dallas blogger and multi-media journalist —  he writes the East Dallas Times and contributes to the Morning News and MSNBC/DFW.com, apparently  suffered an aneurysm last week and is in a coma at Presby Dallas. Bruce wrote his first column…

The East Dallas Report: Will That Drop in Stonewall Jackson’s Academic Ratings Rattle Lakewood Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / October 5, 2011 /

By Bruce Felps, editor of the East Dallas Times Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, near the border of the M Streets-Greenland Hills neighborhood, recently took an academic rating hit from the Texas Education Agency. TEA dropped Stonewall’s rating from “exemplary” to “acceptable,” a drop of two rungs in the course of one school year. The decline…

Dallas Real Estate Update: The Palomar Rises and IS SELLING MORE UNITS With The Unique “Try Before You Buy”

By Candy Evans / October 4, 2011 /

OK, I am grabbing all the credit for this one. Stopped by the Palomar Residences tonight where marketing director Adam Hignite tells me has has closed 5 more units since we last spoke in July, and has 6 under contract, this out of 53 units left. And Allie Beth Allman agent plus Palm Springs designer extraordinaire…

Hot Property: Dallas Realtor Sam Sawyer Jumps On Over to Briggs Freeman

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2011 /

Moving on up? Well, at least to Lovers Lane. Hot young Dallas agent Sam Sawyer has left Rogers Healy and Associates to join Briggs Freeman. Before he got a chance to sit at his new desk, or actually even FIND it, I had to ask: CD: How many homes have you sold? SS: Enough! CD:…

Here’s a Chance to Redo The Most Important Selling Room in the House, the Kitchen, for FREE

By Candy Evans / September 30, 2011 /

When it comes to selling your home, experts agree hands down the kitchen is the most important home in the house! If you have limited funds and must choose your upgrade areas, a decision that can make you feel like choosing which kid you love best, sink that money in the kitchen first, master bath second.…