Second Shelters

Homeowner Plunges Into Dallas Real Estate Rental Market—Literally

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

This home on Livingston near Highland Park Village was first listed for $2.6, then lowered to $2.495. Now it’s leased. All is well and good, in fact, more than good. We have a happy landlord and a happy tenant who plans to put a swimming pool in the backyard. That’s right, she’s leasing a $2.5…

Candy Sale of the Week: Great Buy at 6910 Joyce Way. Reduced By 6%, Dallas Real Estate News Blue Light Special

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

This home at 6910 Joyce Way  has been reduced by a whopping 6%, from $445,000 to $419,000. What a great buy for the location! You get 3900 square feet with four bedrooms, three and a half baths, all the formals you’ll ever need. Tucked in Windsor Park, with pretty French Brown floors, crown moldings out the wahzoo, top of the…

That House I Said Was Better Than Sex? It Has A Contract. Already.

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

I mean it’s like no foreplay! This home went on the market, what, September 3 and there’s already a contract! More than 300 through two open-houses. Do you think the contract is for asking? Ten percent under? This ought to be fun, let’s guess!

Is There Anything We Can Learn From the French Real Estate Market? Mais Oui — for Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

The French market picked up a lot sooner, which may be short-lived, and they think taking away the tax credit for buying a new home will bring it down. Again… rest of the story on SecondShelters.

What Can We Learn From The French Real-Estate Market: No Tax Breaks, No Buy and The Elderly Don’t Like to Shack Up.

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

France has given us guillotines and great design, now are they giving us a lesson in how to manage real estate markets? According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, subscription required of course, France’s housing market has been rather healthy through the global financial crisis. As Spanish and U.S. real estate markets tumbled following…