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A Sign That the Bottom May Be Coming Off The Bottom? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / July 7, 2011 /

I love the way the Fort Worth Star Telegram started this story:  “New-home sales in Dallas-Fort Worth continue to decline, according to the latest quarterly market report from Metrostudy, released Wednesday.” Actually, I don’t love it. I think it stinks. Of course NEW home sales declined. Of course builders closed sales on only 3,505 new…

John Wiley Price + Bail Bonds Not Collected = $35 Million Owed to Dallas County: Why Dallas County Raised Our Taxes ?

By Candy Evans / July 6, 2011 /

So, come to find out, Dallas County has done a poor job of collecting millions of dollars in uncollected court case judgements over the oh, past 25 to 30 years or so. Which means we are owed about $35 million in court judgments against bail bondsmen and attorneys who write bonds but whose clients fail…

The Newyweds — Tony & Candice — Hit the Beaches of South Walton

By Candy Evans / July 5, 2011 /

Sean Payton has a home on one of my favorite beaches, Watercolor, near Panama City Beach, Florida. Here’s his yummy house  — I was there, once. Sean is super generous with his beach house and this weekend it was loaded with football celebs who got an impromptu game of “7 on 7” touch football going on…

Lockout? What Lockout? Beach Football Bonanza at Watercolor Beach This Holiday

By Candy Evans / July 5, 2011 /

Sean Payton has a home on one of my favorite beaches, Watercolor, near Panama City Beach, Florida. Here’s his yummy house  — I was there, once. Sean is super generous with his beach house and this weekend it was loaded with football celebs who got an impromptu game of “7 on 7” touch football going on…

It’s the (Texas) Economy, Stupid: Why Rick Perry Is Mulling a White House Run

By Candy Evans / July 5, 2011 /

I found this piece in the LA Times over the holiday weekend — it takes a brutally honest look at the Texas economy. One of every four jobs in the U.S. has been created in Texas post-recession — something I know you’ve heard here before, but the sound is now resonating loud and clear across the…