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28 Rented, 24 Sold: What’s REALLY Happening Over at the Palomar?

By Candy Evans | January 18, 2012 |

Last week Dallas Morning News real estate editor Steve Brown shook the Dallas condo market world when he wrote that “Lenders may take Palomar condo tower”. He said that since last year, “Behringer Harvard has been trying  to renegotiate the debt on the Residences at Palomar condo building.” The news was that one of Behringer Harvard’s funds missed a…

Candy’s Sale of the Week: Magnificent Mediterranean on White Rock Lake is So Pebble Beach!

By Candy Evans | January 18, 2012 |

 This stunning home at 7714 Fisher Road was built in 1994 but looks as timeless as a mansion overlooking the Pacific in Pebble Beach. You have almost one super landscaped acre, yielding the upstairs Master with a large deck and perfect lake views. A classic floorplan offers  4169 square feet with three bedrooms, two and a half…

Declining State of NorthPark Center: Public Places Are Not the Problem. A CandysDirt Guest Post

By Candy Evans | January 18, 2012 |

Last week, bogus emails were decrying the declining state of NorthPark Center, where “gangs are proliferating”. One was apparently not so bogus. This email alleged that a gang beat up a Dallas Academy student near NorthPark last week, and also, sadly, that the manager of Macy’s NorthPark store refused to provide help when the bloodied teen’s friends brought…

Real Estate Outlook 2012 and Beyond: Consumers Want Data, or Do They?

By Candy Evans | January 18, 2012 |

Last week was Inman’s Real Estate Connect, the famous conference where real estate meets technology. I go annually to get a look ahead at both tech and marketing innovation coming down the pike, for Dallas consumers and real estate agents. Agents, of course, lap this conference up like a kitten. But consumers, too, can glean a…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Dilbeck Darling Near Bishop Arts for Less Than $250,000. Why I Love Dallas Real Estate!

By Candy Evans | January 17, 2012 |

Remember the Dilbeck ranch, PaigeBrooke, in Westlake that was built by Ted Dealey and moved in six huge chunks to avoid the wrecking ball? John Charles Stevens Dilbeck is one of the area’s most famous and treasured architects, and anyone who DARES tear down a Dilbeck home quickly becomes homeowner non grata. So it is with great…

Monday Morning Martin Luther King Millionaire: Rockbrook Rocks Two Bedrooms in 5,000 Plus Square Feet

By Candy Evans | January 17, 2012 |

I have watched, no, stalked, this home at 9839 Rockbrook for a long, long time hoping it might descend into a downward price cycle spiral and end up under $2 million so I might could buy it. But that, my dear readers, is just California Dreamin’ on my part. Where do I begin? Maybe by wiping…