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Two Things You Have to Do Today: Vote and Visit Us at Anteks Curated with the 505 Ranch and Villas at Cortina

By Candy Evans | March 1, 2016 |

Join us at this evening at Anteks Curated (Preston Center East) when we’ll host the Villas at Cortina (Telluride) and 505 Ranch (at Cedar Creek). Time is 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Yours truly will  speak on housing trends, particularly vacation home properties, and my beloved True Food will share hors d’oeuvres alongside Stoli cocktails. I cannot…

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Tom Leppert Endorses Donald Trump for President, Because Leppert’s Auctioning His Park City Ski House Today at 2pm MT?

By Candy Evans | March 1, 2016 |

  Update 11:33 am: Grabbed a quick chat with Nate Shar with Heritage Auctions who tells me that at least eight people are registered to bid for Leppert’s ski crib, but they expect a few more showing at the actual auction on site. It happens at 2 p.m. No reserve. Mountain Time. Wish you were…

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Highland Meadows Midcentury Goes Under Contract Three Days After Listing Goes Live

By Leah Shafer | March 1, 2016 |

On the eastern-most edge of the popular Lake Highlands neighborhood is Highland Meadows, a community of 1,390 houses and 17 subdivisions, built from the early 1950s to 2003. As you can imagine, that means a range of  architectural styles and lots of variety in home choices. Our Tuesday Two Hundred at 8829 Hackney Ln. was one of the earliest…

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Will Dallas Inner City Growth, Urban Infill Change Our City for Better Or Worse?

By Leah Shafer | February 29, 2016 |

Dallas is experiencing phenomenal inner city growth. Neighborhoods like Oak Cliff, the Trinity River Corridor, Deep Ellum, Ross Avenue, and the Design District are seeing urban infill like never before, showing up in all scales and types. These changes are remaking the city and opening up new opportunities for residents and businesses alike. But when we look…

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Have Realtors Gone Too Far With Branding? Houston Agent Markets, Publicizes House Filled With Poop… (but Just Wait for the Encore!)

By Candy Evans | February 29, 2016 |

  Sometimes I think we are getting a little out of control with this whole self-branding, attention-seeking, shock-and-awe video production movement. It’s like the Donald Trump-e-tizing of Real Estate. I know there is a huge push to get more listing videos out, and I know every Realtor in the country is dying trying to find…

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Location, Prestige, and Four of the Newest Must-Haves in Elegant Rooms: The Gathering Area(s)

By Candy Evans | February 29, 2016 |

Location, check: an address on chi chi Beverly Drive, undisputedly one of the most prestigious in Dallas, and within walking distance of the Dallas Country Club in Highland Park. You will be watching fireworks from your own backyard or balcony come July 4th, unless you just cannot bypass the DCC’s wonderful Fourth of July buffet.…

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