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Dallas Real Estate News: HAPPY BIRTHDAY EBBY HALLIDAY!!!

By Candy Evans | March 9, 2011 |

It’s Ebby Halliday’s 100th birthday today and the whole world is celebrating because the whole world loves Ebby, including me! Here is a fun interview with her — and her playing that uke — by another Dallas icon, Bobby Wygant. Remember the story I did on Ebby a few years ago when I spent a…

Dallas Real Estate News: Braden Power House Under Contract, Set to Close on March 25

By Candy Evans | March 9, 2011 |

As headlined this morning, the Turtle Creek home of Braden Power is under contract. Pending inspections and all other contractual goodies, Lee Bailey, freshly ex-wife of restaurateur Ed Bailey, will acquire the beautiful but (according to some) controversial Turtle Creek palace on March 25. I spoke with Braden yesterday: the buyer, should the contract go…

Dallas Real Estate News: Terrell Owens Shedding Not One But TWO Azure Condos!

By Candy Evans | March 9, 2011 |

Terrell Owens, or T.O.,¬† whose 15 year professional football career has been, well, rather interesting — from brilliant scoring and play (and antics) on the field to some rather controversial behavior, is heavily invested in real estate, Dallas real estate. He has not one but two condominiums listed for sale at the venerable Azure near…

Dallas County Tax Office Almost Gave Me a Heart Attack Friday!

By Candy Evans | March 8, 2011 |

I survived, but John Ames’ office … or maybe last month’s ice storm… is certainly responsible for the demise of my complexion. I received not just a tax delinquency statement but a pile of letters from lenders wanting to “help me out”: “Your 2010 Texas property taxes were due on January 31, 2011. According to…

Second Home Delights: Springtime in Texas Means Babies on the Ranch

By Candy Evans | March 8, 2011 |

That’s Butter Pecan and her new baby born on March 7, 2011 at The Preserve at Walnut Springs, in Johnson City, Texas, a shared-ownership ranch.

The Best Places in America for Second Homes

By Candy Evans | March 8, 2011 |

Barrons is bragging how they called it: the second home market has bottomed, and the rich are out swooping up the bargains. Prices of high-end second homes have sunk, some as low as 40%. And Barrons lists the top second home markets in the US. Sea Island, Georgia was rated number one. Next comes Maui,…