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There’s a Real Estate Guy Going to the White House. (Time for a Second Home?)

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2016 /

We know markets do not like uncertainty. Hence the dip last night in equities as the votes trickled in, as the world learned that Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman who made his fortune by investing in real estate, is the 45th president of the United States. What does this mean for North Texas real estate?…

Update: H-E-B Tea Leaves A Tiny Bit Clearer

By Bethany Erickson / November 1, 2016 /

It all started with one neighbor in the Preston Hollow/Midway Hollow area excitedly telling others via social media that a cashier at Central Market told her that 100 percent, no doubt about it, the Sunfresh Market site on Northwest Highway and Midway Road that was one of the sites H-E-B (also the parent company of…

Grand Vie is Out, and Lake Tahoe is Very Much IN

By Candy Evans / October 28, 2016 /

A few years ago some savvy brokers figured out that, rather than pay astronomical prices for luxury print advertising in local glossy magazines, they could take their dollars and create their own magazines. This way they could offer ads to every one of their agents at affordable, wholesale prices, create a beautiful product they had…

“McMansion Hell” Blog Picks Flower Mound Home for Dank McMansion of the Week

By Candy Evans / October 5, 2016 /

Surely you have read the blog, “McMansion Hell”? If not, here you go. The author (who must be an architect) says McMansion Hell aims to educate the masses about architectural concepts, urban planning, environmentalism and history by making examples out of the places we love to hate the most: the suburbs. By alternating comedy-oriented takedowns…

Occupied Homes Need More Help: The Real Estate Staging Association’s State Convention

By Karen Eubank / September 23, 2016 /

  Do you ever wonder what your real estate stager does in between consulting on occupied and vacant properties, writing reports, proposals and contracts, shopping for and selecting just the right furniture and accessories for vacant properties, re-arranging furniture in listed homes that need help, managing inventory systems, packing, unpacking, scheduling deliveries and pickups? Well,…