Year: 2024

Title Insurance: Safeguarding Your Home Investment

By CandysDirt / March 5, 2024 /

When it comes to purchasing a home, the excitement of finding the perfect property can often overshadow the importance of ensuring the title is clear and free of any disputes. Yet, overlooking this crucial step can lead to significant financial and legal ramifications. This is where title insurance steps in as a guardian of your…

Could Community Land Trusts Be The Solution For Housing Affordability in North Texas?

By April Towery / March 5, 2024 /

Hundreds of new affordable housing units could be offered in Dallas and Fort Worth over the next five years under the Community Land Trust model, a group of expert panelists said Thursday. The Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Consortium held its quarterly meeting Feb. 29 at Trinity Habitat for Humanity to discuss CLTs and how they’re building momentum…

‘Selling Sunset’ is Cute, But For Agent Shanai Ragsdale Real Estate Has a Greater Purpose

By Brenda Masse / March 5, 2024 /

She starts her day at 4:30 a.m. “Oh, that’s how you do it,” I said when I met Realtor Shanai Ragsdale for coffee in McKinney last Friday. When I first met Ragsdale at a MetroTex YPN holiday function, I left feeling a little out of breath thinking about what her schedule must be like as…

Despite Resorts on Either Side, This Texoma Retreat is Two Acres of Serene Silence

By Nikki Barringer / March 5, 2024 /

Just one hour and six minutes north on Preston Road, there’s a super cute little second home waiting for you. There are so many reasons to love this little house, with a carport for all your RVs and water things, but I’m pretty much sold on proximity alone. If you’re the type that does indeed…

A Bud Oglesby Classic Modernist Just Listed With Charles Gregory and Ryan Streiff

By Karen Eubank / March 4, 2024 /

Bud Oglesby built this custom classic Modernist home in 1985. It’s a beautiful example of how less really is more. We generally don’t regard the 1980s in Dallas as a decade of architectural inspiration. Oglesby was one of the stellar exceptions. He embraced simplicity of form and materials. His thoughtful consideration of how light enters…