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Good News for Dallas Area Real Estate: Foreclosure Filings Are Down

By Candy Evans | September 19, 2011 |

Update: I want to note that nationally, foreclosure rates are up, like really up. “This is really the first time we’ve seen a significant increase in the number of new foreclosure actions,” said Rick Sharga, a senior vice president at RealtyTrac, who tracks FC rates. “It’s still possible this is a blip, but I think it’s…

Enjoy This Second Home While You “Ship-Watch” in Newport, Rhode Island

By Candy Evans | September 19, 2011 |

Newport, R.I. If you’re going to have a second home, why not have it in the land once known as the “summering White House”? History, water, proximity to Providence 30 miles away plus all those mansions — Newport is where the mansion concept may have been conceived. I’ve heard it’s a reviving second home paradise. This…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Energy Efficient Mediterranean Reduced. Million Dollar Plus Home for Less Than a Million

By Candy Evans | September 19, 2011 |

We have so many things to be happy about this great Monday morning! The Cowboys won — beat San Francisco YES — it rained so much I’ve turned off the sprinklers, and this amazing Bluffview/Devonshire new home is our million dollar sale of the week.  But guess what? The seller is so motivated, the home is NOW…

Jigsaw Ranch: Family Compound on 80 Acres a Mere $48,500,000 — Second Home Nirvana Found Near Aspen, Colorado

By Candy Evans | September 19, 2011 |

I know we just broke the 70 day plus cycle of 100 degree plus days in Dallas but really, it’s time to start thinking about ski season. Jack frost is just around the corner and so much more bearable when you have your own private ski house. Or, in this case, $48,500,000 Aspen estate. Jigsaw…

Does The Star’s Bankruptcy Mean Tom Hicks is Downsizing and Tom Gaglardi is Moving to Dallas?

By Candy Evans | September 16, 2011 |

Update: It seems all these sports teams buying, selling and going belly-up are very good for the local real estate market. Remember, it brought Chuck Greenberg to Vaquero! This post is also on CandysDirt.com. So, the Dallas Stars have filed a bankruptcy package that will ease them out of some debt and hopefully smooth the…

Do Your Trees Still Have a Pulse? Because the Texas Drought Is Picking Them Off Like Flies

By Candy Evans | September 16, 2011 |

This is a giant, beautiful tree that rose majestically over the triangle in our neighborhood. It’s gone. Dead. Yesterday morning, it split and fell over onto the street. Thankfully, it did not hit a car, jogger, child or pet. I’m a little miffed. A neighbor tells me she called the City of Dallas and Lind…