Dallas real estate news

Robbie Briggs: Real Estate is Global, Baby, Global

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2010 /

I caught up with charged-up Briggs Freeman CEO Robbie Briggs for the low down on his new deal with Sothebys. After all, that was all any of us talked about last night at Duxiana. Did Robbie sell out? Is he retiring? What’s the story– inquiring real estate minds want to know all. Well, here’s the…

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How To Sell Your Home Faster: Between the Sheets, Buy This Bed

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2010 /

Have you ever in your real estate life¬†had clients zero in on an item in a home that sold the home faster than you could think?¬†I am always looking for a unique real estate story, especially anything¬†about selling a home faster for the most in this market. (This vacation home advertises the Duxiana to pull…

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Dallas Real Estate News: Should We Care That Briggs Freeman is Now Sotheby’s Franchisee?

By Candy Evans / December 7, 2010 /

You may have heard the news from Steve Brown that the toney, boutique-y firm of Briggs Freeman has affiliated as a franchisee with Sotheby’s International Realty. That this happened, that Robbie gave up his Christie’s Great Estates affiliation to make this change, tells you how tough this market really is. Smart move for Briggs Freeman.…

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Secluded, Historical, Cheap Montana Second Home: Unabomber Ted K’s Land Up For Sale

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2010 /

Montana is a great state for second home living — check out Spanish Peaks and The Yellowstone Club. But Montana and Wyoming have those fringe elements that can sometimes scare you, elements like Ted Kaczynski, who is serving a life sentence for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between 1978…

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Michael Jordan’s Bear’s Club Florida Estate Features 28,000 Square Feet, Where’s the Water?

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2010 /

You do recall former NBA champ Michael Jordan.¬† Not only is he known as “the greatest basketball player of all times” but he is gaining a rap as the greatest home builder of all times! Jordan is completing a 28,000 square foot mansion in The Bears’ Club, Palm Beach County, Florida, near where Tiger Woods…

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