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Real Estate State of the Union: How Texas Real Estate Will Fare in the Recovery — Did You Say, Real Estate Recovery?

By Candy Evans | June 20, 2011 | Comments Off on Real Estate State of the Union: How Texas Real Estate Will Fare in the Recovery — Did You Say, Real Estate Recovery?

Yes, I did. It ain’t happening overnight, not even next week. But sometime in the year 2013 is the magic number tossed out by the number-crunching experts as the year our real estate market finally recovers. Economists who spoke at the “Mid-year Economic Update” panel at the National Association of Real Estate Editors meeting last week in…

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Your Tax Dollars at Work On Strait Lane and Now, On a GulfStream? Dallas Real Estate News…

By Candy Evans | June 20, 2011 |

Some of us are getting a bit weary of paying more and more in taxes to wake up and learn how the money is being squandered. The case of Anthony Weiner comes to light. This over-testosterone-d idiot, who finally resigned, brings to light two things. One, why do members of Congress get membership in a…

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What Happens When a Bunch of Real Estate Editors Get Together? Too Much!

By Candy Evans | June 20, 2011 | Comments Off on What Happens When a Bunch of Real Estate Editors Get Together? Too Much!

Was in San Antonio last week at the National Association of Real Estate Editors conference getting a state of the real estate market report. They kept us hopping busy, and plugged the heck out of San Antonio. What can I say, San Antonio actually HAS a river walk! The next great frontier in real estate is re-newal…

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The Best Realtors in Dallas: Kyle Crews Allie Beth Urban

By Candy Evans | June 17, 2011 | Comments Off on The Best Realtors in Dallas: Kyle Crews Allie Beth Urban

Panel discussion this afternoon on how many reporters are leaving traditional print media and going into PR and marketing. Salaries for PR execs nice, real nice. But here on the panel was our very own Kyle Crews of Allie Beth Allman Urban.I mean, how much dedication is that to fly down to a national real…

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Psychometer: Tony Romo’s Neighbor Is A Head of the Real Estate Market

By Candy Evans | June 15, 2011 |

Head out to Las Colinas to check out real estate. But don’t let your real estate search go to your head. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Here’s an interesting house, and not too far down the street from those newlyweds Tony and Candice Romo. More than 9,000 square feet behind those hallowed Cottonwood Valley gates, and lookie…

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An Easy, Cheap Way to Fill Your Second Home and Do Some Good, Too

By Candy Evans | June 15, 2011 | Comments Off on An Easy, Cheap Way to Fill Your Second Home and Do Some Good, Too

We may not have Kipps Bay, but we have staging and organizing decorator extraordinaire Diana Vincent who has staged a two-week-only designer show house down in the Design District. Temporary House Porn, right? Go and see, yes, but first, go spend. Vincent has organized a unique sale down at 1525 Dragon Street from June 18-30. Two million dollars worth…

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