Dallas

Dallas Home Prices Up 4.4% From Last Year + Six Months of Nice Real Estate News. Still, EARMUFFS!

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2012 /

Didn’t John Paulson say this would happen?

“Good morning” — this from Standard & Poor Dow Jones this morning — good indeed! “At 9am EST today, S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest results for the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Data through September 2012 reveals the following:

Build a Brand, They Will Come, And Don’t Be Afraid to Let Go of Your Watch: Dave Perry-Miller

By Cynthia Stine / November 28, 2012 /

Dave Perry-Miller — his name is now on a luxury real estate boutique company. He has been honored innumerable times as one of Dallas’ top-producing agents, and is a leader in sales of million-dollar properties. With more than $800 million (wowzers!) in sales and 850 satisfied customers, the Wall Street Journal ranked him #27 in…

Talk About Misleading Headlines: “Larry Hagman Death Sparks Interest in Southfork Ranch”

By Candy Evans / November 26, 2012 /

Examiner.com had this interesting headline. Here’s what they reported:

Tourists flocked to Southfork Ranch inDallas, Texas on Saturday Nov. 24 after news broke that Larry Hagman, the actor that played the famous television character J.R. Ewing on the iconic 1980s hit show “Dallas”, died the day before.

His popularity on the 1980s hit television series “Dallas” made the Texas town world-famous, but where was the recently deceased actor really from? More importantly, where was he living in the months and weeks before his death? Not in Hollywood, surprisingly enough. He died in the oil town that he seemed to love best — but not at Southfork.

Jeremy Strick, Director of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Asks for Our Help in Doing the German Louvre

By Candy Evans / November 20, 2012 /

Jeremy Strick, the director of the Nasher Sculpture Center, sent an email to the Nasher’s members, friends and supporters today asking them (and everyone who loves Dallas) to contact our council reps and get this issue resolved and yes, do the German louvre thing: Dear Friends,Yesterday, 11 prominent Dallas civic leaders lent their voices to…

A Blast of German Glass? Fix for the Museum Tower Glare Problemo in Time for Thanksgiving: The Twinkie Solution

By Candy Evans / November 20, 2012 /

Maybe. Brett Shipp over at Channel 8 has this cool video of Nasher’s proposed, computerized external louver system that would “open and close, cascading down the outside of the building, dulling the sun’s harshest rays.” “Our goal was not to detract from this building,” del Monte said. “Our goal was how can we respect it, and…