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Life In the Dallas Real Estate Market: Stay Tuned. Stay Very Tuned

By Candy Evans | September 1, 2011 |

Sale pending! Listed at $6,495,000.

Is Any Market REALLY Recession Proof? An About Face from Forbes

By Candy Evans | September 1, 2011 |

All it takes is a month of triple digit weather in Texas for the real estate market to improve in Colorado. I got word that Aspen, a bellwether for the second home real state market, is bustling with Texans buying second or third homes there.  I’ll have to dial up my friend, Steven Shane. Not so much…

Best Home Squatter Story Ever: The Man Who Paid $16 Bucks for a $330,000 Texas House

By Candy Evans | September 1, 2011 |

I’ve got this over on CandysDirt.com, but will serve it up for you right here, too. This is just too important a story for anyone who’s obsessed with real estate. The Flower Mound house is great, don’t get me wrong, but when I squat, it’s going to be Pebble Beach

The Man Who Paid $16 for a House: The Texas Squatter Story

By Candy Evans | August 31, 2011 |

Leslie Minora over at The Dallas Observer has done what I wanted to do — written a great, in-depth story about Ken Robinson, the Flower Mound Squatter who filed an affadavit, paid $16 and then proceeded to squat in a $350,000 Flower Mound McMansion. It’s the Dallas real estate, no wait, the Texas real estate,…

The Sunday Times of London Is Sneaking Up On Rick Perry. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans | August 31, 2011 |

  “In London, you’re only a somebody if your phone’s been hacked.” There was a fund raiser for Rick Perry last night at The Fairmont, and a darling Brit snuck in from The Sunday Times of London. Her name is Christina Lamb, she’s the Washington Bureau Chief of The Sunday Times, and a brilliant, seasoned, dynamo reporter…

Foreclosure Facts: Most DFW Homes Posted for Foreclosure are $200,000 and Below

By Candy Evans | August 31, 2011 |

A few quick facts from Foreclosure Listing Service that should help us catch our breath as we listen to the barrage of depressing national stats coming down the pike. But here in Dallas: “The average Joe is still the one feeling the pains of this foreclosure crisis.” “83% of the homes posted for foreclosure so far…