Realtor News

The Man Who Paid $16 for a House: The Texas Squatter Story

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2011 /

Leslie Minora over at The Dallas Observer has done what I wanted to do — written a great, in-depth story about Ken Robinson, the Flower Mound Squatter who filed an affadavit, paid $16 and then proceeded to squat in a $350,000 Flower Mound McMansion. It’s the Dallas real estate, no wait, the Texas real estate,…

Does Staging With Designer Pets Help Sell Properties? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / August 16, 2011 /

We had this chat a couple of weeks ago, and most of you said no, don’t do it! Don’t stage your home to sell with live (designer) pets! But Dallas Realtor Kristian Peterson says yes, do it! And in fact, he does. All the time. (Here are his babies, in a condo he is selling.)…

United Real Estate Opens New Brokerage in Dallas

By Candy Evans / July 26, 2011 /

So you might think, home sales are off, Realtors are quitting the business left and right, the real estate gold rush is clearly over over over. So why would anyone open a new real estate brokerage firm in July 2011? One that offers agents 100% of their commission? I don’t know, but I am going…

Who Needs Palm Springs: Mid Century Modern in Kessler Lights My Fire for $200,009 – Not Kidding

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2011 /

Who needs Palm Springs? Besides, it’s almost as hot here, right about now. This nee 1963 mid-century modern sweetheart is sleek, snazzy and will actually save on your water bills and landscape frustration. (This coming from someone with crispy critter plants!) Built into an Oak Cliff hillside at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, the home…

Spelling Manor Sells & The Palomar Rises: Who Says The Kids Aren’t Buying Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / July 15, 2011 /

Who says the kids aren’t buying real estate? Candy Spelling closed on Spelling Manor, the most expensive real estate transaction in southern California and probably the U.S., the buyer rumored to be Petra Ecclestone, heiress to the Formula One racing empire and daughter of British billionaire Bernie Ecclestone.  Petra is all of 22 years old, by the…