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Where To Find Great Second Home Bargains Right Now: Scottsdale, Arizona

By Candy Evans | September 2, 2011 | Comments Off on Where To Find Great Second Home Bargains Right Now: Scottsdale, Arizona

You may have noticed on the map I posted Monday that one of the hottest spots in the country for second homes is Arizona, no pun intended! Well, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley have long been favored havens for second – third – and fourth – homes for Dallas “sunbirds”.  With both Case-Shiller and Core Logic pegging…

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Is Any Market REALLY Recession Proof? An About Face from Forbes

By Candy Evans | September 1, 2011 | Comments Off on Is Any Market REALLY Recession Proof? An About Face from Forbes

All it takes is a month of triple digit weather in Texas for the real estate market to improve in Colorado. I got word that Aspen, a bellwether for the second home real state market, is bustling with Texans buying second or third homes there.  I’ll have to dial up my friend, Steven Shane. Not so much…

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Best Home Squatter Story Ever: The Man Who Paid $16 Bucks for a $330,000 Texas House

By Candy Evans | September 1, 2011 | Comments Off on Best Home Squatter Story Ever: The Man Who Paid $16 Bucks for a $330,000 Texas House

I’ve got this over on CandysDirt.com, but will serve it up for you right here, too. This is just too important a story for anyone who’s obsessed with real estate. The Flower Mound house is great, don’t get me wrong, but when I squat, it’s going to be Pebble Beach

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The Glass House Price is Shattered, Slashed and Reduced…

By Candy Evans | August 31, 2011 | Comments Off on The Glass House Price is Shattered, Slashed and Reduced…

Talk about the most perfect first, second or third home ever. Oh my, recall when I wrote about The Glass House? I called it Stairway to Heaven. That ultimate redefining structure within modernism? Not only does it have great bones, it has location squared. A 3.5 acre estate of oak groves in Montecito, California. The home…

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“I Just Gave My Bank a Free Loan and Paid for the Priviledge of Doing It:” Equity Accelerator BS & More Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans | August 31, 2011 | Comments Off on “I Just Gave My Bank a Free Loan and Paid for the Priviledge of Doing It:” Equity Accelerator BS & More Dallas Real Estate News

Susan Knape of Dallas, Texas thought she was doing something smart: paying AHEAD on her mortgage. In fact, if you open your mortgage statement each month, I will bet you the paperwork is right there in the envelope popping out. I’m talking about the equity accelerator programs offered by JP Morgan Chase, Well Fargo, Citibank…

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The Most Amazing Beach House in the World: The Butterfly House

By Candy Evans | August 30, 2011 |

I was in Carmel last week, and I saw The Butterfly House, probably the most amazing beach house in the world. The Butterfly House is one of only five or six truly beach-front properties in Carmel and on beautiful Scenic Drive. (I’m posting way more from Carmel and Pebble Beach, so stay tuned.) And in Carmel I learned…

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