Second Shelters

At Home With John Wiley Price, Art & Doll Collector

By Candy Evans / April 18, 2011 /

I have always wanted to see the inside of John Wiley Price’s Dallas real estate, his house that is, because when you get inside someone’s real estate acquisitions you get inside them. Now I have a picture, a mental picture, at least. Scott Parks at the Dallas Morning News was lucky enough to get a…

Val Kilmer’s Pecos River Ranch is Under Contract… or Is It?

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2011 /

We’ve talked about Val Kilmer’s Pecos River Ranch, the unbelievable beauty of the property about 22 miles east of Santa Fe, most recently listed for $18.5 million but originally on the market in 2009 for $33 million. Talk about lowering the price! The ranch is so very special because it has roughly six miles of…

Dallas Real Estate News: 6 Out of 10 Buyers Put Less Than 20% Down When Buying a Home

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2011 /

This is one of those little technical nuggets that illustrates how Washington is stealthily destroying the housing market. The feds are scratching their heads, trying to come up with a way to keep banks from jacking around with mortgages and selling bad loans off in tranches as securities, and that’s a good thing. One of…

Birkins, Babes, and $80,000 Bags: The Dave Perry-Miller Team Goes Croc Hunting

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2011 /

If the streets of Dallas seemed a bit hushed yesterday afternoon, that’s because the Dave Perry-Miller group — that’s Ebby’s high-end luxury real estate division — was hanging down at Heritage Auction Gallery to get first dibs on some rare, exclusive hand-bags that are going off to be auctioned in New York City next month.…

Real Estate Sleep Overs: Only When You Sign Up

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2011 /

Who’s ready for some sun? Need a beach fix before Easter? I am doing some serious arm-twisting to get you free sleep-overs at a handful of glorious second home properties but they are ONLY available to those wise folks who subscribe! I mean, they are sitting there empty, so why not have some company, right?…