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Dallas Real Estate News You Can Use: Realtor/Broker Brad Holden Has a Secret Sauce for Those 600 FICA Scores

By Candy Evans / May 19, 2011 /

Note: Our soon-to-be launched local Real Estate blog, CandysDirt.com, will feature regular profiles of top agents and brokers across North Dallas as well as contributions for real on-the-ground (dirt!) perspectives. But we just couldn’t wait to let the cat out of the bag: Brad Holden is a Dallas-area broker/realtor who has been active in Texas…

$27 Million Per Household: Top 100th of 1% of Rich Americans Means More Big Real Estate Deals

By Candy Evans / May 19, 2011 /

More proof that the rich are getting richer, and the American middle class is diminishing: according to Mother Jones Magazine, the top 100th of 1% of the wealthiest Americans, now make an average of $27 million per household. The average income for the bottom 90% of the US population is $31,244. The median net worth…

Dallas Real Estate News: Natalie and Mike McGuire Selling Home They Bought From A-Rod

By Candy Evans / May 18, 2011 /

Recall the unbelievable $15 million sale on Gillon I told you about last week? Well, turns out the buyers are none other than that darling Natalie and Mike McGuire of Andrews Distributing fame. So turn about means they are selling their home on one of the most prestigious streets in Dallas on¬† Lakeside Drive. This…

Colleyville, Get Ready for Dirt, Real Estate Dirt and Lots of It!

By Candy Evans / May 17, 2011 /

I spent part of yesterday tootling around one of my fave Dallas areas — Colleyville, or Colleywood as some of us call it.¬† Fell in love with this area ten years ago. Colleyville and Southlake are two of the highest net work communities in the United States, and in Colleyville every master planned development was…

Dallas Celebrity Real Estate: Pat Summerall’s Southlake Spread Listed for $3.8

By Candy Evans / May 17, 2011 /

Former pro football player and beloved celeb sports commentator George Allen “Pat” Summerall — who doesn’t know that voice! — has a gorgeous spread on White Chapel Road that just screams “Texas rich”. In fact, producers of the upcoming “Dallas” TV reboot need to take note: Summerall’s spread would be the perfect Gen X Southfork.…