Second Shelters
Greetings from Gruene! Second Shelters contributor Andrew Chalk was kind enough to head south to the Texas Hill Country and check out second/vacation home real estate in the beautiful New Braunfels area: New Braunfels may be the most popular location in Texas for vacation homes. Little wonder, given the natural beauty of the Guadalupe and…
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Dr. Preston Burke who disappeared from Grey’s Anatomy… lives in this gorgeous Valley Village house a few steps from the Kotkins.
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A reader writes: Dear Candy: I was wondering if you could provide some unbiased perspective on the market in the nice areas of Preston Hollow/Park Cities, say the 1.5 -3.5 million range. My wife and I are going to be moving back to Dallas after about 8 years away, and despite the downturn prices seem…
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Wow. In seven short years we have gone from 71% of buyers seeking properties on the web to a full 99%. The sharp agents now are also posting homes on Google, FaceBook, YouTube and Twitter. And internet advertising is a fraction of what it costs to advertise in magazines and newspapers. Plus it saves trees!
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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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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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