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Open House Extraordinaire: Make It a Preston Hollow Weekend

By Candy Evans | May 18, 2012 |

Two fabulous open houses this weekend you will not want to miss! Recall when I made you drool over 11442 East Ricks Circle? Ivy league sensibility plus for $2.7? Homes in this totally fab neighborhood almost never come on the market, what with it’s acre lots, trees, creek, and secure winding streets. Well, that baby…

Friday Four-Five Hundred: Kessler Wood-y Midcentury Says ’54 Was A Very Good Year

By Candy Evans | May 18, 2012 |

This Kessler mid century of 2391 square feet has had more than $70,000 of improvements poured into it since last seen on the market in , including a salt water pool! (That probably soaked up most of the moola right there.) Built in 1954, you have authentic architectural details including formals, fully equipped updated kitchen…

A $7.9 Million Vacation Home Versus Barton Creek in Austin: I’ll Take 40 Years of Reservations…

By Candy Evans | May 17, 2012 |

Not that every vaca home has to cost this much, but when you get right down to it, would you rather pay $7.9 million for a fancy-pants second home and staff to maintain it, cater to your every whim, or would you rather just stay at, say, Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin? I…

How About a Spa 24/7 for a Vacation Home? Living at Austin’s Barton Creek Resort & Spa Is Life Just Like That

By Candy Evans | May 17, 2012 |

You know that feeling when you sink into a wonderfully padded (and warmed) massage table, the scent of Hill Country lavender in the air, relaxing soft music that takes you away from life as you know it for 50 blissful minutes? Wonderful, isn’t it? Recently, we stayed at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin…

Thursday Three Hundred: Lakewood For Less Than $350K? Yes, Please!

By Joanna England | May 17, 2012 |

Lakewood is hot. But, dearest Dirt-o-phile, you already knew that. Homes are under contract before they hit MLS in some cases, and in others, they’re sold within weeks of listing. But sometimes you can find a deal where no one else is looking. That’s the case with 6319 Velasco from our fine friends at Rogers Healy and Associates.

Who Bought Champ d’ Or? The Tabani Family, Yes, Just Like I Told You

By Candy Evans | May 16, 2012 |

Alan Peppard (and I think, by now, the Dallas Business Journal) are reporting what I told you as soon as it closed April 30: Champ d’Or was purchased by the Tabani family, more specifically their privately held, family-run development company which owns and operates a ton of bread and butter shopping center properties in places…