Realtor News

$15,000 for Professional Holiday Lights? Those Fancy Park Cities Christmas Lights Run North of $30,000 — Better See Them Tonight!

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2013 /

The 1% like it bright! This article in the Wall Street Journal a couple weeks ago tickled me: it was like a eureka — people spent thousands of dollars on holiday lights, like $15,000 and upwards, to decorate for the holidays. And further eureka: More Americans are forgoing the difficult and sometimes risky endeavor of…

Fort Worth Realtor Stabbed to Death In Office, Police Say Suspect Knew Victim, Have Leads on Perp

By Joanna England / December 31, 2013 /

It’s absolutely terrifying to know that anyone can make their way into an open real estate office and then stab a person repeatedly. Even scarier that it can happen in broad daylight at 4 p.m.

That’s what happened to Fort Worth Realtor Suzanne Parsons, a well-loved businesswoman who worked out of the RE/MAX office on Heritage Parkway and was considered a great friend and overall nice person.

Virginia McAlester Takes a Dallas Swiss Avenue Home Tour to the New York Times

By Candy Evans / December 29, 2013 /

This is a must-read, perfect story to bring us out of our holiday rest: Dallas founder and past president of Preservation Dallas Virginia Savage McAlester takes the world on a tour of her 96 year old Swiss Avenue home located in the 5700 block of Swiss. She is also the author of  “A Field Guide to American…

Happiest Real Estate Holidays, From Dallas to Maine, California, Nassau and Beyond, From All of Us at CandysDirt.com!

By Candy Evans / December 25, 2013 /

Sunset in Drakes Island, Maine

Pat Snuffer Settles Restaurant Lawsuit, Lists Stunning Preston Hollow Home in the Honeypot With Fab Kitchen

By Candy Evans / December 24, 2013 /

I’m sure Pat Snuffer is going to have a very merry holiday: he and the new owners of the Snuffer’s Restaurant & Bar entity — sold through a bankruptcy last March — shook hands and settled their differences over the weekend to end a lawsuit. The restaurateur and Firebrand Restaurant Corp. were gearing up to wrestle…