April Towery

April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.

Rents Are On The Rise In Dallas, But Good Finds Are Available If You Stretch The Search

By April Towery / December 8, 2019 /

Rent in Dallas has gone up 2.2 percent year over year, but plenty of diamonds in the rough are available for those who broaded their search parameters outside of Dallas city limits. A new December 2019 Apartmentlist.com study found: Rents in Dallas have remained flat over the past month, however, they have increased 2.2 percent year…

Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired ‘Architectural Masterpiece’ Makes Our Luxury Lease Christmas Wish List

By April Towery / December 7, 2019 /

Do yourself a favor and say yes to this stunning Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired treasure in the Preston Royal Northwest Neighborhood. This home we’ve dubbed the Jamestown Jewelbox is a piece of art. Built in 1960 and completely renovated this year by Schultze Signature Homes, the $1.25 million showpiece leases for $15,000 per month – worth…

Small Percentage Of Dallas Millennial Renters Plan To Never Own A Home

By April Towery / December 2, 2019 /

  About 7 percent of Millennial renters in the Dallas metro area expect to rent forever, America’s priciest real estate markets revealed, an architectural lecture is set for Dec. 3, and a $1.5 billion mixed-use development is underway in Lewisville, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Small Percentage Of Dallas Millennial Renters…

Culture and Class Featured In Affordable Fort Worth Rental

By April Towery / December 1, 2019 /

This home in the Fort Worth culture center has quite a few “wish list” features – most importantly, a price tag you can actually work with, especially as those holiday gift bills stack up on your granite countertop. Selling point No. 1 – It has a cool address. It’s not exactly Madison Avenue, but it…

Live Like The Cool Kids In Southlake Luxury Lease

By April Towery / November 30, 2019 /

I believe this house is what the cool kids call “fire.” Yep, if there were an emoji explanation for the 2018 estate at 1000 Cool River Drive in Southlake it would be the little orange flame, the smiley face with its eyes bugging out, or the house emoji to signify that this is, in fact,…