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Vacation Home Crush: Best New Beach Development in the Western Hemisphere: Baha Mar

By Candy Evans | August 5, 2013 |

Do we really want to be here? Just posted the dirt on my newest vacation home crush, Baha Mar, over on SecondShelters.com. Seriously, you have to see this place: near perfect climate, clear and warm water, pristine beaches, 5% of the world’s coral reef and the most laid-back, friendly people ever. Of course they are,…

Robbie Briggs Responds to the Dispute With Sotheby's International Realty

By Candy Evans | August 3, 2013 |

Freeman Sotheby’s Statement Aug. 1, 2013

Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC Sues Briggs Freeman Real Estate Brokerage DBA Briggs Freeman Sotheby's Over Fort Worth Dirt

By Candy Evans | August 3, 2013 |

As I know only too well, just because you see it in a petition doesn’t make it Trew true, but it seems Fort Worth is really worth fighting for. Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC filed a lawsuit August 1 against one of it’s own franchisees right here in Dallas. What in the world are they suing over?…

Week in Review: Everyone is Still Talking About Museum Tower, Sock Puppets and Tortious Interference

By Candy Evans | August 2, 2013 |

I have been mulling on this story all week, ever since last Sunday when it ran in the Dallas Morning News: Fake Social Media Profiles part of  Dallas pension fund’s public relations fight with Nasher (sub req).  Aside: What has happened to capital letters in headlines? Brandon Eley and Barry Schwartz were the names on…

The Largest Second Home Development in the Western Hemisphere Closer to Completion: Baha Mar, the Bahamas

By Candy Evans | August 2, 2013 |

It’s the most talked about second home resort in the western world, located on a shimmering Bahamian beach dubbed the new French Riviera. Baha Mar is a $3.5 BILLION mega-resort under construction now in Nassau, The Bahamas. Thousands of construction crews are working around the clock, working so diligently they add one full story to the…

Dallas Market Reports From CoreLogic, Case-Schiller, and Local Market Monitor Show Record Increases, Optimistic Forecasts

By Joanna England | August 2, 2013 |

It’s Friday, so we want to give you some good news that should hold you over through the weekend’s open houses, while you hover expectantly over the fax machine waiting for a seller to accept your client’s offer. First, the Dallas real estate market has fully recovered to pre-recession levels. Second, foreclosure inventory in Texas…