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The Dallas Real Estate Market, Like It’s Very Hot People, Is Hanging in There

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2011 /

The full story over on CandysDirt — local Dallas real estate news.

When it’s 109 Degrees in the Shade It’s Time to Play Dallas Real Estate Nostalgia!

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2011 /

Over on www.CandysDirt.com. By the way, all I want for my birthday is for everyone to LIKE CandysDirt.com, SUBSCRIBE to both blogs, READ and COMMENT!

Nostalgic Look Back at 9338 Meadowbrook: Anyone Remember the Chateau that Burned on Strait Lane? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2011 /

This is a real blast from the past: Dave Perry-Miller sold 9338 Meadowbrook recently, listed at $6.795, with sales price undisclosed, though I hear it was fairly close to asking. Something about this house made me have deja vue. I dusted off some old notes to get us the very interesting history of this home. It was 1997,…

Now The Good News: North Texas Home Sales Up 18% in July. Bad News, Prices Down

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2011 /

I am almost afraid to write this for fear of a jinx: the North Texas housing market is doing well. Like, really well. Prices are down a smidge, but July volume was way up. And maybe, just maybe, I know when we found the bottom. Steve Brown reports today that pre-owned home sales were up 18…

Your Second Home Nirvana in Northern Cali: Help Me Critique This Groovy Peninsula Spread

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2011 /

This could really get me in water that is hotter than my swimming pool right about now, but a friend in California is selling their home and these are the photos the agent shot.Naturally, I have some strong opinions, which I am going to withold. It’s a lovely contemporary northern Cali home circa 1983 but…