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Everything’s Bigger In Texas: Hair, Homes and Now CLOSING COSTS????? Thanks, Of Course, To Washington, D.C.

By Candy Evans | February 1, 2012 |

According to Bankrate.com’s recently announced 2011 Closing Costs Survey, Texas once again has the second-highest closing costs in the country, behind of all places, New York – ouch! While the nationwide average is $4,070 (up nearly 9% from last year), Texans pay $4,944 on average. This is the fifth year in a row we’ve had…

Candy’s Sale of the Week: Who Needs Indianapolis When You Can Watch the Game in Your Man Cave?

By Candy Evans | February 1, 2012 |

If we didn’t learn our lesson last year, let’s learn it now. It’s much better to stay home in a three million plus palace with a secret chamber and man-cave and WATCH the game on a huge wide-screen TV (while shooting POOL!) than to brave the ice and snow. And what a man-cave this home holds! 6700 plus…

Home Price Indexes Out, Dallas Fort Worth Not Too Shabby and Fort Worth Outshining Dallas

By Candy Evans | January 31, 2012 |

I am pleased with the local numbers out from the nation’s major data trackers. The latest Case-Shiller report released Tuesday morning showed that seasonally-adjusted home prices fell 0.7 percent nationally between October and November 2011, and dropped by about 3.7 percent since November 2010. We did sooo much better, even when looking at stodgy Case-Shiller which…

Tuesday Two Hundred: We Went House Shopping for the Flower Mound Squatter at $280K

By Candy Evans | January 31, 2012 |

We think Kenneth Robinson might be looking for a new home after next Monday, so we are dedicating today’s Tuesday Two Hundred to him. In case he wants to stay in Flower Mound, but move just a little south, here’s what we found: 2892 square feet on a landcaped lot with trees, hardwood floors, soft paint colors, plantation…

Depleted Your Savings Account Today For Property Taxes? Your 2012 Property Tax Calendar

By Candy Evans | January 31, 2012 |

by Tiffany Hamil Each year in Texas, January 31 brings death to savings and escrow accounts to anyone who owns property in the Lone Star state. It is on this day that property taxes in Texas are due. We may feel the pain now, but the time to fight is actually this May. To help…

Flower Mound Squatter May Soon Be Home Shopping or Squatting Again: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans | January 31, 2012 |

You’ve got to give him credit: Kenneth Robinson has had almost nine months of free rent in a nice $330,000 Flower Mound home. But now, as most real estate experts predicted, that free lease may be running out. He’s heading to court next week for an eviction hearing in Denton county, where the courts may…