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Do You Owe More Than $1 Million on Your Home? If So, the IRS May be Calling You

By Candy Evans | March 28, 2011 |

Homeowners who owe more than $1 million on their homes are under intensified scrutiny by the IRS now. Why? Because of so much confusion over deducting the interest on those over $1 million mortgages. And you can do the math — if your mortgage is more than a million, you are likely deducting a boatload…

Steal This Fly Fishermen’s DREAM Home: MAXIM Photo Shoot, House Porn (Literally) at it’s Best

By Candy Evans | March 28, 2011 |

Fly fisherman, you have to see this second home to believe it. And then you won’t believe the price. Seriously, you are going to call me a liar. You know what? I think I’m going to make you guess. First of all, it is owned by a friend who happens to be a bachelor and…

Free Tickets to Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Home Tour Next Weekend!

By Candy Evans | March 25, 2011 |

Spring means home tour season In Dallas. And next Saturday, April 2, 2011, from 10 am – 4 pm, the owners of six gloriously historic and architecturally significant Park Cities homes will open their doors to we lovers of House Candy. The homes are: 4236 Armstrong Parkway, 4809 Drexel Drive, 4308 Stanhope, 4200 Shenandoah, 7715…

Texas Real Estate News: Home on The Gulf

By Candy Evans | March 25, 2011 |

Heading to visit Cinnamon Shore on Mustang Island in Port Aransas. Taking a ten a.m. Southwest flight and packing light… see you at the beach!

Free House: Foreclosure Glitch in Homestead States Could Mean The House Is All Yours

By Candy Evans | March 24, 2011 |

Free house, anyone? Or how to save on real estate big time. You’ve got to read this story by my colleague Sheree Curry and chime in — hope I get it straight: a couple in Iowa made one payment on their $278,000 home and then went to see a bankruptcy attorney about letting the house…

Hill Country Real Estate News Second Home Report: Boot Ranch Kicking Back Into Sales Gear

By Candy Evans | March 24, 2011 |

Boot Ranch, a luxurious second home “ranching light” community in Fredericksburg, Texas, where you can play city slicker one minute, Arnold Palmer the next, says it’s back. I still have the press kit I received from Boot Ranch now some four years ago. It was the most beautiful kit I have ever received, and useful,…