real estate

Look Who’s Selling Real Estate Now Department: Sweet Brown Now Pushing 1-800-2SellHomes. And a Cool Pop

By Candy Evans / July 20, 2012 /

Remember Sweet Brown? She is a hoot. Looks like she’s now selling real estate for Oklahoma City based 1-800-2SellHomes, a company with only 6 employees that buys up homes and can buy YOUR home… yup, even if it had a fire!    

How About a Pool Lined With 24-Carat Gold? For $125 Million, Miami’s Most famous Residence, the Versace Mansion, Can Be Yours!

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2012 /

Our Miami correspondent, Andrea Kavanagh, is back and house-hunting for us! Calling all billionaire art aficionados and free-spending, globe-trotting investors! Miami is all a buzz over Ocean Drive’s most infamous residence to hit the sizzling hot real estate market at a whopping $125 million. Casa Casuarina, also known as the Versace mansion, is an iconic…

Candy’s Picks for Today’s Daybreak Segment on Channel 8: Collin County

By Candy Evans / July 13, 2012 /

By now you probably know that I do a couple of real estate reports on Daybreak with Ron Corning, at 6:30 a.m. about twice monthly. Usually I get the houses I feature up as soon as I get back to my desk from Victory, but today was a busy day in the world of real…

Hot Property: Scott Deakins Muses on Museum Tower, Low-Down Street Talk on Arts District Real Estate

By Candy Evans / July 10, 2012 /

Museum Tower’s ears must be burning, no pun intended. Last week a subtle article in the Dallas Morning News revealed that the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System has been investing in real estate assets for oh, about 30 years. Among those: Museum Tower, the Beat Lofts near Southside on Lamar, south of downtown Dallas,…

A Week of Fireworks — In the Dallas Home Building Real Estate Market, That Is

By Candy Evans / July 6, 2012 /

During the Real Estate bubble, Dallas Realtor extraordinaire Della Lively told me every home builder in town was drinking champagne. Then the bubble burst, and now, with the exception of a very few, they can barely afford beer. The real estate downturn sliced and diced home starts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by more than…