Dallas Real Estate News

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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FBI Terror Suspect Wanted to Explode Bush Home in Dallas

By Candy Evans | February 24, 2011 |

Oh. My. God. The FBI has arrested a Saudi student in Texas and charged him with attempting to construct improvised explosives and compiling a list of possible targets, including the home of former President George W. Bush. Yes. This home on Daria right here in Dallas on Daria Place. The student,  Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, is…

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Real Estate Investing: Not Just How Much, But Where

By Candy Evans | February 23, 2011 |

Jeff Harding makes an excellent point. What we heard yesterday proves our housing market is years from the bottom, and those of us who keep saying, OK, this is it, are continually blown away by the sweeps of foreclosures and short sales that are coming on the market. Those are watering down prices and will…

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Where to Buy Investment Real Estate Property: Fort Worth, Texas

By Candy Evans | February 18, 2011 |

If you are going to buy investment property, you want a place where your home/land etc. is going to appreciate, right? And we all know the messages received across most of the country is fat chance, bubba. Sure, real estate in (drowning) Phoenix and Vegas is so cheap you can buy a home once listed…

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How To Market Homes for Sale: Bookmark Borders Books

By Candy Evans | February 17, 2011 |

I want you to read this story by my colleague Eileen Gunn, about how developers and Realtors across the nation are using very creative means to market homes — marketing techniques way beyond the traditional. By traditional, I mean radio and print advertising, direct mail, techniques most agents have been telling me for years are…

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Troy Aikman Trying to Sell The Family Home on Highland Drive?

By Candy Evans | February 17, 2011 |

It is not in MLS, but I’ve heard that Troy is floating the idea of selling the family homestead on Highland Drive now that Rhonda has moved out and up to Preston Hollow. And lest you think he’s smoking something other than brisket on the patio in this market, let me tell you there have…

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