Prince William and Kate Ought to be Castle Shopping in Dallas: Talk About MANSION REDUCTIONS!

By Candy Evans | April 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Prince William and Kate Ought to be Castle Shopping in Dallas: Talk About MANSION REDUCTIONS!

By now we know that William and Kate are not castle shopping because they have a ready-made love nest to move into: Clarence House. According to Curbed, it’s worth $76.68 million and 343 times the cost of the average newlywed starter home. Eventually, he’ll move Kate into Buckingham Palace, worth $1.6 billion and the world’s…

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Can a Second Home Save a Marriage? Dallas Real Estate as Marriage Savior, Cheaper than Divorce?

By Candy Evans | April 22, 2011 |

Ask Candy – a reader writes: My wife and I are not getting along, but we do not want to get a divorce for financial and religious reasons. I have enough cash for a down payment and was approved for a mortgage to buy a small house from foreclosure here in Dallas. But get this: …

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Is This Really the Best Time to Buy a House in Dallas? Turn Your Dial to 1160 am Saturday Morning!

By Candy Evans | April 21, 2011 | Comments Off on Is This Really the Best Time to Buy a House in Dallas? Turn Your Dial to 1160 am Saturday Morning!

Kind of psyched to be on the radio airwaves with the one and only Ron Schultz of Reliance Mortgage this Saturday, 11:00 to 12 noon, radio 1160 am to talk real estate for a whole hour! Just so happens some celebrity scoop is coming down the pike and if you listen in to Radio Reliance…

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Your Worst Vacation Home Nightmare: 160 Homes Destroyed in Possum Kingdom Lake

By Candy Evans | April 21, 2011 |

The team of federal firefighters and officials from several U.S. agencies has joined local forces to battle that North Texas blaze that has burned nearly 150,000 acres over in Possum Kingdom, about 70 miles west of Fort Worth. About 160 homes have been destroyed since the fire started a week ago, according to authorities. The…

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House Candy for Holy Week: Live in a Church!

By Candy Evans | April 21, 2011 |

Honestly, only in Texas. If you are still house hunting this week, you’ll get an early seat at church Sunday if you buy this house: 5601 East Side Avenue. Yep, it’s a church all right, the St. John’s United Methodist Church transformed into a pretty darn big single family home. Location, Junius Heights, not exactly…

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Pay $2.5 Million for a Mobile Home, Avoid Real Estate Property Taxes

By Candy Evans | April 20, 2011 |

When my husband teases about getting a mobile home, I threaten divorce. But he may not be so crazy: when you own a mobile home, you own only the home and not the land under it so guess what, no real estate property taxes! Still, you have to rent the land, because the owner has…

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