Second Shelters

Cinnamon Shore’s Town Growth Goes Gourmet, Takes on Hollywood

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

Perhaps you have procrastinated, like I have a tendency to do. Maybe you haven’t decided where to take the family for a fun-filled vacation, and it’s mid June. May I suggest Cinnamon Shore, Mustang Island’s seaside village, located in Port Aransas on Texas’s Coastal Bend? It’s not that far from Big D and offers a whole schedule of summer events planned to make vacationing in paradise even sweeter. Plus who knows: you might like it so much you decide to buy a second home there.

Tuesday Two Hundred, Las Colinas Style: This House Could Totally Have Been My Mother’s House

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

My mother and dad built their dream home in the late 1960’s, and I so wish I could show you the innards: orange shag carpets, cathedral ceilings, flocked & poppy floral vinyl wallcovering (my mom was sooo psyched about that!) and cultured marble vanities. Mine were red with two shell-shaped sinks; we have a picture…

Selling the Most Challenging Homes in America: The Skater on the Roof in Forney, Texas

By Candy Evans / June 18, 2012 /

Dallas agent Keith Yonnick is a man of many talents. But skateboarding was not one of those talents, until recently. Like most agents in this market, Keith takes on an REO (that’s bank-owned, or foreclosed) property to sell from time to time. REO’s are doozies, and everyone knows they can be quite challenging to sell…

What Dad Needs for Father’s Day: Love & Longhorns in Celina, Texas

By Candy Evans / June 16, 2012 /

This ranch sure caught my eye back in January, when I almost whipped out my checkbook to buy it for Valentine’s Day. Now it’s Father’s Day and thankfully, still on the market. Truth be told, the photos on line simply do not do it justice. This is ranch country, baby, Celina. (The town of Celina, here, is adorable, by the way.)

Guess Who’s Buying Up Vacation Homes Like There’s No Tomorrow? The Rich!

By Candy Evans / June 16, 2012 /

Those of us in real estate know that when the housing market plummets,  vacation places plummet the most. Second homes are most often discretionary purchases you wait on until you feel flush with cash. Well, get ready. Realtors say second-home buyers are returning to the store,  shopping from Cape Cod to Lake Tahoe. As I…