Steve Brown

Now It's Getting Serious: Realtor's Group Creates Task Force to Manage Proliferation of Hip Pocket, Non-MLS Sales

By Candy Evans / June 4, 2013 /

That Realtors group would be the North Texas MLS, or NTREIS as we call it. We know our market is hot. Buying a house in some parts of Dallas has never been like this before. There is only about a 3.5 month supply of real estate inventory in the North Texas market as of April.…

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No Duh: Dallas & Fort Worth Home Prices Firming Up, Heading Up, Thumbs Up, Less Inventory, Pricier, Dirt is Solid Gold Again?

By Candy Evans / January 23, 2013 /

I think we’ve been saying this in so many words for a few weeks: our market is doing better, much better, and now even Steve Brown my “Debbie Downer” NAREE colleague at the Dallas Morning News is paying attention: He’s even saying our homes (all of them?) may soon cost more:

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No Pun Intended, Really: The North Texas Real Estate Market is Heating Up!

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2012 /

I am hearing it from agents and sellers, I am hearing it from appraisers and title companies: people are buying homes again (like these) in Dallas. Numbers are the proof: The Texas Association of Realtors said Tuesday that home sales in the state were up 12 percent in the first quarter from the same period…

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Reserve Set for 48,000 Square Foot Champ D’Or Auction on March 30: Welcome to The Chopping Block of Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / March 1, 2012 /

I see Steve Brown now has the Champ auction story up behind the Dallas Morning News pay wall, which I subscribe to. Nothing new in his report except that the auction house handling the sale once sold one of Cher’s $8.7 million Hawaiian homes. (See what that means.) Meantime, here’s the website for the auction. I have been placing a lot of office bets with people on what the reserve price will be — that is, the seller’s bottom line price. Looks like it is $10.3 million. And for your viewing pleasure, here’s the video Ebby Halliday made when Greg Cagle had the listing: Cinderella parties!

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Victory’s The House by Phillipe Starck May Be Heading to Biggest Residential Foreclosure in Dallas History

By Candy Evans / February 3, 2012 /

Steve Brown says the 28-story residential downtown tower styled by French designer Philippe Starck with 130 units is heading for foreclosure, and it could be one of the largest in Dallas history. “I think it’s the biggest residential foreclosure posting we’ve ever had in Dallas,” George Roddy, president of Addison-based Foreclosure Listing Service, which reported the filing,…

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