Dallas real estate

Is Facebook the New MLS? Were One-Third of Dallas Sales Off-MLS in 2013?

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2014 /

The day started with a few tweets from Rob Hahn, the founder and managing partner of 7DS Associates, a boutique management consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy, product management, and strategic marketing for real estate and related industries. Gosh, that’s a mouthful. Rob is one of the nation’s loudest voices for change in the real estate…

Post Tax Day Depression House Candy: This is Almost, Almost a Comstock House on Lakewood Boulevard in Dallas

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2014 /

I know, I hear you. We all wrote huge checks Tuesday, got drunk Wednesday, and just feel poor today. Even worse, I had to return stunning borrowed gems to The Diamond Doctor. Where does our moola go? Did you notice not as many deductions this year? Feeling that ACA pain? Well, I have just the…

Don’t Mess With Texas Highways: Demolish a Downtown Dallas Highway to Spur Real Estate Investment? Part I of a Two-Part Series

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2014 /

Dallas is a fascinating place to live right now. Downtown, urbanists are lobbying for the tear-down of a short but squirrely elevated highway they believe is choking urban living, creating a schism of disruption between neighborhoods and sucking up dirt that could be developed as housing units. Go north of the Park Cities to the…

Dallas Real Estate News: Realtor.com Says D/FW Market is More Accessible, But Redfin.com Says Homes Are Flying Off MLS at Record Pace

By Joanna England / April 15, 2014 /

From the accounts told by Realtors over cocktails, you’d think buying and selling a home in Dallas was a bloodsport. But whether agents, buyers, and sellers are turning around enough offers and counters to die a death by a million paper cuts is under some dispute. That is, if you’re one to believe studies from…

Steve Wolens Owns a Unit at The Athena While Wife Laura Gets Involved in Transwestern Dispute

By Candy Evans / April 14, 2014 /

You know all about the fracas Behind the Pink Wall, the “No” signs all over Preston Hollow. And you know that former Mayor Laura Miller (and former City Councilman Mitchell Rasanksy, both of whom live in Preston Hollow) have asked Jennifer Gates to get another proxy beside City Councilman Lee Kleinman because he isn’t “willing…