Affordable Homes

New ‘Homz’ Communities Apply Hotel Concepts to Rental Housing

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 22, 2023 /

By Rick Mauch Candy’s Dirt Contributor Affordable housing — both in single-family home ownership and multi-family leased housing — has, without question, become a challenge for many people in this country. Low-to-moderate-income workers are finding it harder and harder to afford a place, and many are being priced out of markets altogether. A Dallas-based national…

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Turtle Creek Contemporary Soars In Our Weekly Dallas Open House Roundup

By Leah Shafer / March 30, 2017 /
Oak Lawn contemporary

If you love a true contemporary build in a coveted location, then cast your gaze toward the Turtle Creek home at 3912 Holland Ave., which tops our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column. It’s not the only extraordinary property we’re featuring this week, which range in price from $349K to $1.225 million. There’s a charmed Hollywood…

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The Possible Dream: You Can Buy A New Home in Dallas County For Under $100K

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / March 8, 2017 /

There’s been a lot of talk lately about affordable and low-income housing in Dallas, and we are happy to share that’s it’s still a possible dream to own a new home in Dallas County for under $100,000.  You just have to be open to a housing resource that has been around for years, but is…

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The Perfect North Dallas Ranch To Make Pinterest Boards Come to Life

By Joanna England / July 25, 2016 /

To some buyers, 6820 Garlinghouse looks like too much work. It’s a 1985-built ranch in Far North Dallas that is in original condition, according to Ashli Clements of Minnette Murray Properties, a boutique real estate group under Coldwell banker residential brokerage. “It has really good bones and the floor plan works well for today’s families,”…

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Bidding Wars and Slow Wage Growth Mean Scarcity of Starter Homes in Dallas

By Joanna England / March 21, 2016 /

New analysis by Trulia confirms what we’ve been seeing all over Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Entry-level or starter homes priced in the median range, which usually falls below $200,000, are scarce. In fact, if you want to find a new home in the $200,000 range, it’s getting mighty difficult to impossible. To measure…

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