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Newest Status Symbol: “Our House Sold Before Going on the Market”. Hip Pocket Sales and Why Brokers Love Them

By Candy Evans | September 17, 2012 |

I call it the Hip Pocket Revolution, and it’s been going on since the market picked up this January. Steve Brown jumped in on something that is growing like hotcakes in Dallas real estate: the Hip Pocket sale. These are off-market deals, says Steve, but I prefer to call them deals where no listing agreement has…

Friday Five Hundred: Gastonwood Abode Built in 2010 Begs You to Bring Your Personality

By Joanna England | September 14, 2012 |

Just staring at the blank walls, the clean floors, and the uncluttered countertops at 7023 Casa Loma is soothing. I love imagining how my things would look in a home, freshly unpacked and organized.

State of the State of the DFW Real Estate Market

By Candy Evans | September 14, 2012 |

We have had a steady stream of positive real estate news reports from everywhere the last couple weeks. And despite our fling with West Nile, Dallas is like the shinest Real Estate ornament in the box! The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices show Dallas as the only Texas city on the index showing a 3.68…

Where oh Where Do Those Hamptons Buyers Come From? The Big Apple

By Candy Evans | September 14, 2012 |

This is pretty cool to those of us obsessed with second or vacation homes. Which is, like all of us. Everyone knows that the Hamptons is the vacation home playground of Manhattan — or it is? Actually, yes. A cool blog called PropertyShark did all this research to find that 35 percent of Hamptons vacation…

Tonight is TREPAC Night!!!!!

By Candy Evans | September 13, 2012 |

Thursday Three Hundred: Nothing is More Classy Than This Updated Tudor With a Finished Basement Apartment!

By Joanna England | September 13, 2012 |

This home is so tremendously exciting to me because it is one of a very, VERY rare breed in Dallas — a home with a finished basement. This is another gem inside the Hollywood-Santa Monica neighborhood of East Dallas, which feeds into Lakewood schools (Lakewood Elementary, Woodrow Wilson High School) is an incredible community.