Dallas real estate

Housing Shortage in West Texas Means Critical Workers, Including CPS Caseworkers, Have no Place to Live

By Joanna England / July 29, 2014 /

This report from the Texas Tribune tells a scary tale for troubled children and teens in the fast-growing areas of Midland-Odessa. It’s impossible to find housing in the oil-boom areas of West Texas, which means that critical workers, including state Child Protective Services caseworkers, have no place to live. This has resulted in a necessary…

Loving the Location, Lower Price, and Local Celeb Owners

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

Here is a celebrity home in Dallas that can be swooped up for a tab bit over one million dollars and is as loaded, if not more so, than it’s pricier brethren. In fact, you had darn well better take a look because… well, because! First of all, location with a triple capital “L”: Caruth…

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Expands to Luxury Leasing With Arthur Greenstein

By Candy Evans / July 26, 2014 /

I could not be happier to see that Arthur Greenstein and his Uptown Locators has been acquired by Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Real Estate to add a new division to the leading boutique broker’s already haute luxury services: luxury leasing. And they could not have found a better agent, or person, in Arthur. First of…

Bluffview Empty Nesters Dream With Enough Space to Make You Scream!

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2014 /

Maybe I should re-phrase that: enough room so you can scream in one part of the house while someone sleeps in another! Like a first floor master, which is rare and getting more rare in these parts. I love this home and love this area — dear friends just bought next-door in Mark Molthan’s Bretton…

Ranch of the Week: Practical Horse Property in Princeton, TX

By Kathryn Roan / July 19, 2014 /

I know we cover a lot of high-end, amazing properties here at SecondShelters.com, but let’s face it: That’s purely window shopping for the vast majority of us. This week, I decided to showcase a darling little property in Princeton. The ranch at 9176 Lakeridge Drive is the type of property I sell all the time.…