Emerging Real Estate Markets

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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More on Living With the Microsoft Millionaires

By Candy Evans | February 16, 2011 | Comments Off on More on Living With the Microsoft Millionaires

Grilling Geordie Romer about his properties in Leavenworth, Washington. You did n’t think I’d let him get off that easily! Second Shelters: Geordie – here’s what we Texans want to know. How dang hot is it up there come August? Geordie: It certainly can get over 100 degrees here in August, but the average maximum…

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Housing Crisis in U.K: House-Envy Could Be a Problem

By Candy Evans | February 2, 2011 | Comments Off on Housing Crisis in U.K: House-Envy Could Be a Problem

I love hearing about real estate life in the U.K. When it comes to health care, they are trying to reform their socialized regime — which is both awful and wonderful, depending on who you talk to — even as the U.S. steers towards socialized medicine. (The Brits want it to be less socialized.) Now…

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Best Surburb of Dallas: Water Sports Park One More Reason Why Allen Continues to Thrive

By Candy Evans | January 27, 2011 |

Because what the idiots quash in Dallas, the entrepreneurial-spirited folks in Allen have the smarts to pick up.

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Second Home Sales are on the Rise!

By Candy Evans | January 10, 2011 | Comments Off on Second Home Sales are on the Rise!

I will not say I told you so, but I did, and this is the very reason why we are talking today. The Wall Street Journal today reports that sales in vacation communities soared last year to heights not seen since the real estate boom that crashed (and burned) in 2008. (For those of us in…

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Real Estate Investment News: Which Markets Will Bypass Heaven in 2011?

By Candy Evans | January 2, 2011 |

2010 was a terrible year for real estate, even in Dallas, even in Texas. We started the year with high hopes that since 2009 had been so bad, 2010 could only get better. And then we had the euphoria of the first time homebuyer’s credit. But we ended the year knowing that Dallas home sales…

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