Dallas

Dallas Has Lowest Foreclosure and Home Mortgage Delinquency Rates in Nation

By Candy Evans / February 8, 2012 /

No wonder the home builders all want to come here. No wonder everyone is moving here. A report out today from a major researcher housing indexer says we have one of the lowest home foreclosure rates among major U.S. cities. At the end of 2011, 3.4 homes were in foreclosure across the nation, but in Dallas, only…

Q&A With Bobby Dhillon, Bobby Dhillon Lifestyles: What The Bejesus Happened in House at The House?

By Candy Evans / February 8, 2012 /

It’s funny: while HSH Nordbank AG was seeking repayment of $79.8 million in debt on The House from the folks over at Block J LP, which may now be the biggest foreclosure posting in Dallas, I was touring the fabulous progress over at the Perot Museum. I snapped this photo of The House from The Perot and recall thinking gee,…

Candy’s Sale of the Week: One of the Most Spectacular Sky Palaces in The City Reduced for the Bargain of the Century

By Candy Evans / February 8, 2012 /

This is an unusual Sale of the Week, and yes, I am teasing you. Teasing because I won’t have detail photos of this listing available until later today, but I want you to come back to see. So here are all the deets to whet your appetite and get you back here for more House Porn. And…

Home Price Indexes Out, Dallas Fort Worth Not Too Shabby and Fort Worth Outshining Dallas

By Candy Evans / January 31, 2012 /

I am pleased with the local numbers out from the nation’s major data trackers. The latest Case-Shiller report released Tuesday morning showed that seasonally-adjusted home prices fell 0.7 percent nationally between October and November 2011, and dropped by about 3.7 percent since November 2010. We did sooo much better, even when looking at stodgy Case-Shiller which…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Fall In Love With Falls Road All Over Again

By Candy Evans / January 30, 2012 /

One of my favorite neighborhoods in Dallas, I used to live about a block from 5549 Falls from 1990 to 2000. This is a very, very smart little nook of Preston Hollow. I say little only because the lots here are hefty one-half acre lots surrounded by sprawling estates of one acre plus. Small only by…