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Friday Five Hundred: Fabulous Find on Mmmm Streets for $539,000

By Candy Evans | January 13, 2012 |

We all love the Mmmmmm Streets, as I call them. Here is an angel at 6232 McCommas just waiting in the wings: updated home in absolute move in, mint condition. Cape cod style with dormers makes you think it’s nestled in Connecticut or even The Hamptons. Still, you get about 2500 square feet of southern charm in this…

Steven Breed is Apparently Breeding Open House Trouble, Again

By Candy Evans | January 12, 2012 |

Remember Steven Breed? The Open House jewel thief may be scouting open houses with sticky fingers again. Plano police are warning all North Texas real estate agents that Breed, who is out of the slammer, may be back to his old tricks. He is suspected of stealing personal belongings from homes. For the last two years, agents have…

Justin Leonard’s Home on Turtle Creek is Listed for $6.8: Candy’s Sale of the Week

By Candy Evans | January 12, 2012 |

Though you won’t find a putting green, you will find everything else your heart could possibly want or even dream of having in this 8696 square foot Brookside Estates honey at 7048 Turtle Creek Lane. Where do I even begin? Pour a glass of wine and flip through this link: I cannot find a favorite room.…

Thursday Three Hundred: Sizzling, Sexy Style in Glen Cove Lifts You Out of the Usual Ranch Experience

By Candy Evans | January 12, 2012 |

Oh now this is one reason why ranches are coming back in vogue. This home just west of the Disney Streets in North Dallas will get her claws on you and never let go. 3918 Royal Pams Drive, pretty street name. Remodeled by Baxter Anderson Construction, it is probably at the top of the finish-out spectrum…

Maybe Dallas Will Get a St. Regis Hotel After All…

By Candy Evans | January 12, 2012 |

Turtle Creek Village has new owners who have purchased the property out of debt. Those new owners would be Dallas-based Lone Star Fund, a  local investment fund that has the Midas touch when it comes to buying real estate for pennies on the dollar. Last August, while we were cooking, Lone Star Funds snapped up…

What’s Going On Over at 3816 Turtle Creek? Sizzle & Once Again, Splish Splash in the Foyer

By Candy Evans | January 11, 2012 |

3816 Turtle Creek is now owned by the beautiful Leigh Bailey. Everyone knew it as the “Party House” before she bought it, mostly because the owner was a bachelor who liked to have fun. The home’s history is like writing a book on Dallas real estate agents: absolutely everyone in town had the listing. Built on .7…