Urban Second Homes

Dallas Real Estate News: Mockingbird Station Developer Goes Belly-Up in Fort Worth

By Candy Evans / December 30, 2010 /

That would be Ken Hughes, who just lost 29 unsold condos in the ArtHouse section of So7, the residential, office and retail development next to Trinity Park on Fort Worth’s near west side. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports the units were sold to an Arlington-based real estate investment group called PassGoLtd., after the property…

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Secret House on Secret Street in Not So Secretive Dallas

By Candy Evans / December 21, 2010 /

Guest post by Andrew Chalk Let’s say you wanted to live in a second home in Dallas, so you could get away from it all without actually stepping one tootsie outside of Dallas. Try this pup. It is not on Zillow. It is not on Google. Even the street is private. However, it is just…

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Second Home Real Estate: Ten Top Trends of Second Home Buyers

By Candy Evans / December 2, 2010 /

1. Second home trends: Affluent Baby Boomers will retire later and downsize from their large McMansions for which utilities and taxes have become prohibitive, to smaller homes, maybe condos,¬† in the city and a second home — in the cheaper boonies, or in another city. Just last night a reader emailed me that his biggest…

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A Very Tiny (One and Only) Home in New York City

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2010 /

Here is a place the size of a second home that is actually a primary residence. In case you missed this story in Sunday’s New York Times, here is a cute, highly creative couple who live in a 375 square foot apartment on the Lower East Side. Two rooms, $2000 per month. (My son’s studio…

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Second Homes and Love Affairs

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2010 /

I want a second home in a city where I can have a love affair — a love affair with that city! Though I have no doubt there are some people who do buy second homes to indulge actual romance — a love nest pied a terre — I am talking a love affair with…

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