Real Estate News

Family Ties: Talented Robbins Group Makes a Formidable Team

By Dotty Griffith / February 15, 2017 /

Pam Robbins was the first Realtor in the family, beginning her career 32 years ago. Ashley Robbins Gonzales, her daughter, was 10 at the time. After Ashley married in 2000, she decided to give real estate a try, too. As luck would have it, their talents made them a formidable team. With Pam as the people person…

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Case-Shiller: Dallas Values Up 8.5%, One of the Top Five US Markets for Home Gains

By Candy Evans / May 31, 2016 /

We are still cooking when it comes to rising property values, though the heat is no longer set to boil: Dallas’ March home price increase was only 1.4%, the lowest annual increase in nine months, and below February’s. But Dow Jones’ Case-Shiller March report says oil pries be damned, Texas is still killing it as…

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Inventory Down 21% in Dallas Fort Worth: Zillow

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2016 /

Where home prices are surging the most, and see how dwindling inventory affects that: Metropolitan Area Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) YoY Home Value Change Percent Inventory Change for All Homes Bottom-Tier Percent Inventory Change Middle-Tier Percent Inventory Change Top-Tier Percent Inventory Change Condo Percent Inventory Change Denver, CO $336,600 15.2% 0.1% -2.3% 15.3% -4.8%…

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Grab Your Mallet, as This Ash Bluff Mansion Has History of Horsing Around

By Joanna England / May 9, 2016 /

Show of hands: How many of our CandysDirt.com readers enjoyed the beautiful weather at the annual Polo on the Lawn match this past Saturday? It was a wonderful event held at Prestonwood Polo Club in Oak Point, benefiting Children’s Miracle Network. But did you know that 23 Ash Bluff Lane was once the site of…

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Statler Hilton Chandelier To Hang in Newly Listed $12.75m Former Prosper Pad of Deion Sanders

By Candy Evans / March 18, 2016 /

This is the chandelier that will soon hang in the main foyer of Deion Sanders’ former home in Prosper. Don’t worry: it’s getting all spiffed up. Technically, one grand chandelier will be created out of three identical Statler Hilton Hotel chandeliers from the downtown Dallas hotel undergoing a dramatic restoration. (Some of the crystals are…

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