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Candy Sale of the Week: Covet This Garden of Eden on Edlen. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 29, 2011 /

We used to live within a block of this fabulous home, back when the grand homes built in the 1930’s and 1940’s filled the yummy one acre plus lots of Old Preston Hollow. Slowly, over the last 10  to 15 years, the older homes have come down and the new ones have gone up. BTW:…

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Hot Property: Bobby Dhillon

By Candy Evans / September 28, 2011 /

I’m not talking about what they sell, I am talking about who they are — the hottest real estate agents in Dallas. The real “hot properties”. Consumers have asked me for years: who are the best real estate agents in town? Hard to answer because we are blessed with so many. The only way to…

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Tuesday Two Hundred: Two Bedrooms, Two Baths Kicking It Up on Kirkwood. Affordable Dallas Real Estate

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2011 /

Get out the smelling salts! This puppy at 635 Kirkwood has been reduced from $249,900 to $199,900 — that’s almost $50,000 big ones chopped right off the block. Actually, it IS $50,000 big ones off. This house may be under contract by the time I hit “publish”. You cannot get cuter, and again, more proof…

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How is Al Hill III Able to Buy a $9 Million Home in Atlanta?

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2011 /

Friday I told you about Al and Erin Hill, that’s Al Three, who recently moved their family to Atlanta. They bought a $9 million dollar estate in swanky Buckhead (think Highland Park on Strait Lane), closed on it in July. Last spring, the couple had some legal problems involving a $200,000 HELOC — home equity —…

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Time for the Annual “Is There a Real Estate Tax Hidden in the Health Care Bill” Questions

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2011 /

My husband emailed today all a tither and asked why we are not selling our home and renting before 2013. Seems he received an email from a Realtor that said under the new health care bill all real estate transactions are going to be subject to a 3.8% sales tax. I thought he read my blog when…

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