Candy Evans

NewGeography Urbanist: At Home with Joel and Mandy Kotkin

By Candy Evans | February 28, 2011 | Comments Off on NewGeography Urbanist: At Home with Joel and Mandy Kotkin

Joel Kotkin, the provocative urbanist and Forbes contributor whose latest book is The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, is so right on the ball. Contrary to the elitists’ proclamation that all of us should ditch our autos and be crammed into an “urban core,” Joel thinks suburbia is not all that bad and is,…

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Oscar Time: My “Visit” to Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s Sky Garage

By Candy Evans | February 28, 2011 |

Where do Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban live in New York City? In the one and only Sky Garage. Nominated this year for Best Actress in “Rabbit Hole”, Nicole Kidman and her Grammy award winning husband, Keith Urban, actually have a multitude of homes — including a contemporary knock-out in Beverly Hills and a 10,925…

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What The Hell is Wrong With Dallas?

By Candy Evans | February 27, 2011 |

In my latest contribution for Joel Kotkin’s The New Geography, I say Texas owes a whole lot to it’s growing immigrant population! The numbers are in and Texas grew more than any other state in the union in the last census report. But the biggest loser of them all seems to be Dallas. While Texas…

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America’s Most Miserable Cities: Not Good Places to Buy a Second Home

By Candy Evans | February 27, 2011 |

Eight of the top twenty cities on this “life sucks here” list are in California, which makes me sad because I LOVE Cali. But not sure I’d ever buy a home there, even in Pebble Beach, unless I had oodles of high net worth. (And I LOVE San Diego.) So check out this list. Miami…

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Is the Florida Real Estate Market Scraping the Sandy Beach Bottom?

By Candy Evans | February 27, 2011 |

Mary Ann and Fred Davis bought a home in Naples, Florida for $200,000. 2400 square feet and 40% off what it sold for in 2005. The home is in a gated community and they plan to keep it as a second home/family retreat for years, hence no pie-in-the-sky buy and flip notions. I’ve got more…

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Oscar Time: Who Gets the Award for Best Home?

By Candy Evans | February 26, 2011 | Comments Off on Oscar Time: Who Gets the Award for Best Home?

Here’s my Oscar winner gallery over at AOL Real Estate… Happy Oscars!

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