Love The Dallas Skyline? Now You Can Bring it to Your Bar Cart
Bernadette Schaeffler designed a Czech crystal series featuring a silhouette of the Dallas Skyline. This will soon be on the gilded bar carts throughout the homes of Dallas socialites, as who would opt...
View ArticleFeatured Realtor: Alex Prins Brings Diverse Background to Real Estate Industry
We love the diverse background that Rogers Healy and Associates Realtor Alex Prins brings to the real estate industry. He’s done everything, it seems. From skincare to writing, Prins has turned his...
View ArticleFeatured Realtor: Kylah Boyd Focuses Her Many Talents on a Career in Real Estate
We love meeting rookies in this business, and with how hot our market is, more and more talented professionals are choosing a career in real estate. It’s no wonder that we often find go-getters from...
View ArticleInwood Home of The Week: Almost-New Bluffview Construction Has Proximity With...
This home at 8312 Ridgelea is almost a dream that is too good to be true. Give it an A-plus for location! You are talking about one of the hottest neighborhoods in town, Bluffview. This parcel of...
View ArticleWanna Build Wealth? Dallas, Houston Make Top 10 List for Best Cities Nationally
Photo: Marco Becerra via Creative Commons Everything’s bigger in Texas, including our ability to build wealth. That’s according to a new study by Bankrate that surveyed the the 18 largest metro areas...
View ArticleProductive Land Use: Streetcars Could Teach Dallas a Thing or Two About...
The Productive Land Use Series will focus on annual property tax revenue at the neighborhood level. Since land is the city’s primary resource, this series will delve into how we are using our land and...
View ArticlePlan Your 2016: Champions School of Real Estate to Host ‘Shark’ Barbara...
When you talk about the dream that gets people into real estate, it often follows the arc of Barbara Corcoran’s story. She worked 22 different jobs before getting a $1,000 loan from her boyfriend and...
View ArticleDallas Tornadoes: Do You Have a Disaster Plan?
We were not prepared. Were you? I’ve got a confession to make: I’ve covered at least a dozen tornadoes in my career, and yet, as my family and I huddled in the small hallway in the center of our home...
View ArticleAir Quality Concerns at Lakewood Elementary Surface After Students Take Ill
Image: Fox 4 Crews were inside Lakewood Elementary over the weekend, monitoring the air quality inside the school after reports of children being nauseated, dizzy, and lethargic during the school day....
View ArticleWhere Empty Nesters Will Live: 65% Plan to Stay in Their Homes as They Age
Aging in place is a big trend in real estate and housing. Oh man, I’ve got to start this post with a quote: “The back to the city” meme appeals to urban boosters and reporters but in reality the...
View ArticleIt’s Home Tour Season Again! Here are 8 Can’t-Miss Spring Home Tours
1102 Easton Road is a new build by Tom Greico of Greico Modern Homes. It will be one of the many cool stops on the White Rock Home Tour April 25-26. It’s one of my favorite times of year: Home Tour...
View ArticleGrab Your Mallet, as This Ash Bluff Mansion Has History of Horsing Around
Show of hands: How many of our CandysDirt.com readers enjoyed the beautiful weather at the annual Polo on the Lawn match this past Saturday? It was a wonderful event held at Prestonwood Polo Club in...
View ArticlePrairie Style by JLD Custom Homes on Prospect Has Everything Buyers Want
We love it when we see a builder truly find their niche, and that’s just what JLD Custom Homes has done in East Dallas. This CandysDirt.com Approved Builder has constructed several new homes...
View ArticlePreston Center’s San Francisco Problems: How a City’s Demographics Influence...
Same problems; different coast I believe it’s called serendipity. On May 5, Dallas Morning News writer Robert Wilonsky expressed his thoughts on the slowness of the Preston Center Task Force’s...
View ArticleNew Build in Kessler Woods Modeled After Midcentury Moderns
Noted eco-friendly architect Jonathan Delcambre designed this home at 706 Kessler Woods Trail to look like homes built more than a half-century ago, but with the addition of stained wood siding and...
View ArticleDates Set for Parade of Playhouses, Will Benefit Abused and Neglected Kids
One of the playhouses on display at NorthPark Mall at the Parade of Playhouses last year, benefitting Dallas CASA. Here at CandysDirt, we write about all kinds of houses. Today, we want to tell you...
View ArticleBREAKING: Another Turtle Creek Area Garage Partially Collapses
The parking garage at the Taylor Luxury Apartments in Uptown suffered a partial collapse at the front of the building Monday evening. (Photo by Candy Evans) Update: Candy zipped over to see what she...
View ArticleHigh-Caliber Agent: Crystal Gonzalez
If you’ve ever driven down West Davis Street toward the Bishop Arts District, you already know Crystal Gonzalez’s face. This North Oak Cliff Realtor takes great pride in representing some of the most...
View ArticleCrescent Communities Releases Details on Bishop Arts Development, Brownstones...
Crescent Communities released more details about its project planned at Zang and Davis near the Bishop Arts District. The residential components offer a variety of types and sizes to appeal to a range...
View ArticleModest But Mighty, This Winnetka Heights Home is Tiny Living Done Right
If you’ve been ogling over those cute tiny homes that are popping up everywhere, but you’re not sure if a life on wheels or in the boonies for you, this listing from David Griffin & Company...
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