Dallas Morning News

Now That He’s Running For President, Let’s Take a Look at Rick Perry’s Real Estate Deals in the Texas Version of Pebble Beach

By Candy Evans / August 24, 2011 /

I was in Pebble Beach last week, and everyone in California kept asking me about Rick Perry. He is the California Republicans’ hero because of our strong Texas economy. In fact today, I think he’s leading in the polls. While in Cali, I recalled a story I wrote last summer about Perry’s real estate deals,…

Oh Steve, Start Managing Your Headlines, Please. We Are Talking .3 % For Cripes Sake!

By Candy Evans / August 11, 2011 /

Like I’m serious. This is ridiculous. The real estate headline in yesterday’s Dallas Morning News says: “Dallas-area home prices projected to inch lower in coming months” Inch? Creep? Lean? “Dallas-area home prices were down almost 5 percent from a year ago in the latest Case-Shiller Index data for May.” Yes, Case-Shiller. Old data and doesn’t…

Is Lakewood The New Uptown? Dallas Real Estate News and (Millennial) Views

By Candy Evans / July 21, 2011 /

Guest Post by Susan Arledge, CEO Arledge Partners Real Estate Group Last week, an interesting report emerged from Advertising Age Magazine called “Put Your Money on Texas.” It showed that Texas is now home to 3.6 million millennials—a 14 percent increase from 2000 to 2010. The 24- to 35-year-old age group “is critical to the…

What Should They Build on the Site of Valley View Mall (R.I.P.)?

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2011 /

In today’s Dallas Morning News (staff photograph here by John F. Rhodes) is a great story about the fate of Valley View Mall. As you may know, there is a five-year expansion project underway for LBJ and the 38-year old shopping center, which is in default and up for sale by its creditors, will be razed to make better economic use…

John Wiley Price + Bail Bonds Not Collected = $35 Million Owed to Dallas County: Why Dallas County Raised Our Taxes ?

By Candy Evans / July 6, 2011 /

So, come to find out, Dallas County has done a poor job of collecting millions of dollars in uncollected court case judgements over the oh, past 25 to 30 years or so. Which means we are owed about $35 million in court judgments against bail bondsmen and attorneys who write bonds but whose clients fail…