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Dallas Mayoral Real Estate: The Candidates At Home Part I, Ron Natinsky

By Candy Evans | May 12, 2011 |

They say that 70% of all communication is visual, and in the last few days there has been a lot of bro ha ha concerning our three top mayoral candidates, which is making it difficult to decide who to vote for. So I decided to cast my vote based on real estate. I drove around…

Keller Williams Urban Dallas Celebrates R.E.D. Day AGAIN!

By Candy Evans | May 11, 2011 |

Don’t get mad at your realtor if they show up for a listing appointment with paint on their face tomorrow. Nope, they are not letting this market drive them wacky, nursing wounds over Vodka, but they are seeing RED, bright R.E.D.  The KW Urban Dallas real estate team will be celebrating their annual R.E.D. Day,…

Keller Williams Urban Dallas Celebrates R.E.D. Day AGAIN!

By Candy Evans | May 11, 2011 |

Don‚Äôt get mad at your realtor if they show up for a listing appointment with paint on their face tomorrow. Nope, they are not letting this market drive them wacky, nursing wounds over Vodka, but they are seeing RED, bright R.E.D.¬† The KW Urban Dallas real estate team will be celebrating their annual R.E.D. Day,…

Building or Buying A House? Watch That Square Footage Because Really, Honestly, The Too-Big House is (Finally) Dead

By Candy Evans | May 11, 2011 |

I was with some local Dallas real estate experts yesterday who told me something shocking: in some parts of town, square footage over 6500 square feet IS BEING DISCOUNTED for appraisal purposes. Shocking, shocking news. Let’s say you have an 8500 square foot house: anything over 6500 square feet — 2000 square feet — is…

Dallas Realtor Kari Schlegel’s Fairybook Wedding: The Reception

By Candy Evans | May 11, 2011 |

I don’t think a Dallas Realtor has ever had a gown quite like this. The bride wore a dress designed specifically for her by bridal gown designer Monique Lhuillier in Los Angeles, and Kimberly Schlegel¬† Whitman tells me that she was under orders by Kari not to cry lest the floodgates open. Also, it was…

The $15 Million Home Sale that Everyone is Talking About: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans | May 10, 2011 |

This is what’s happening in real estate: the rich are getting richer and buying up trophy properties, sky’s the limit. The rest of us can eat cake. Case in point: 3820 Gillon Avenue, owned by Randall and Olamaie Fojtasek, a former partner at Hicks Muse who co-founded the private equity firm Brazos Partners. The Fojtaseks…