Becky Frey

Dallas Home Sales Soared in August, and September’s Going to be a Friggin’ Bonanza

By Candy Evans / September 22, 2011 /

Good news from the National Association of Realtors — home sales across the country spiked up in August. Of course, they should: August is always the busiest real estate month of the year, when families want to buy homes and get settled before the school year. Dallas residential sales were up by a whopping 29.1%,…

Candy Sale of the Week: Kim Schlegel Whitman Bluffview Contemporary Is Reduced, Regional, and Ready For Moi

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2011 /

I feel like a proud parent. I watched this home being built in 2008. Now 4327 Bluffview Blvd. is all grown up and ready for — I cannot believe this — a second family. How fast they grow, or rather, go! This is one of Kim Schlegel Whitman’s stunningly smooth contemporaries she was designing and…

Friday Morning House Porn: Stacked, Stoked, and Staring At The Water

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2011 /

This baby at 6552 Lake Circle Drive in East Dallas is not even out of the oven yet, but she is already a beauty. Completion a few weeks off, she’ll be more than ready for the holidays. The home is located with wide, wide  frontage on Beard’s Branch & White Rock Creek, lot measuring 124 by…

Do Designer Dogs Sell Properties? Staging a Home to Sell With Live Pets – Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / August 5, 2011 /

I knew it was only a matter of time before this happened. After all, Realtors have been stealing tips from ad pros for years to make homes look glorious in photographs to entice buyers. What have I been telling you for years — it’s all about the photos, right? Now we hear that “placement pets“, as…

Why Are These Dallas Homes Selling? What’s the Secret Sauce? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

So I was having lunch with two Realtors last week and I said, tell me the truth, the market really sucks, right? Here’s what they said: yes, it’s slow and not at all like it was in the boom. But… Give me a great home that is well-priced, and it will sell. It’s happening all…