Realtor News

Clay Stapp Intern Produces Adorable Realtor Spoof Video Featuring Ebby Superstar Agent Lydia Player

By Joanna England / October 9, 2013 /

Sometimes we at CandysDirt.com love digging into the dark corners of the Internet to find some gems that need to see the light of day. A few days ago we found one such Internet gem: A real estate music video spoof featuring Ebby Halliday Luxury Portfolio Realtor Lydia Player and two adorable cohorts, Ryan Booth and Johnny Mowad.

The Realtor spoof video is a growing trend, featuring pop hits like “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, and “Gangnam Style” by Psy. Re/Max Lexington Bluegrass Team went one step further and made their own rap video, which is just incredible!

Troy Aikman Buys Highland Park Home of Author Jane Wolfe For $4.3 Million

By Joanna England / October 8, 2013 /

This just in from the lovely, amazing, and talented Alan Peppard: Troy Aikman has bought his second Highland Park home in three months, this time opting for the 6,000-square-foot former home of reporter and author Jane Wolfe.

The mansion on St. Johns was purchased by Aikman for a confirmed $4.3 million. Aikman’s last purchase was an 11,000-square-foot Mount Vernon manse built by Tatum Brown on Normandy that is just incredible inside and out, with beautiful landscaping by Harold Leidner.

Survey Says: Luxury Real Estate Buyers Are Getting Younger According to Coldwell Banker, Luxury Institute

By Joanna England / October 8, 2013 /

No, it’s not that Baby Boomers have found the fountain of youth. Instead, it’s the younger crowd that is becoming a growing share of the luxury real estate market, making purchases at an unprecedented clip according to a Coldwell Banker Previews International and Luxury Institute survey. Around 43 percent of the $1 million-plus homes are…

Do On-Line Home Price Estimators Distort the Market, Creating Drag or Distortion?

By Candy Evans / October 8, 2013 /

I have never met a real estate agent who likes Trulia or Zillow’s market home valuation estimates. Excuse me, “Zestimates”. I have never met a real estate consumer who didn’t like searching for real estate online and being able to get values instantly. We live in a real time society, which means, we want information…

Steve Brown Makes a Few (Smart) Reflections

By Candy Evans / October 7, 2013 /

Last week, you may recall, I published architect Scott Johnson’s “open letter” in response to Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster’s blistering –searing — scorching — burning –review of Museum Tower, calling it a “mean girl” who squirted the first ketchup packet at The Nasher. And Lamster was all over Museum Tower for being…