Charles Grand
One of the most challenging things for first-time homebuyers is qualifying for a mortgage. Now, folks who have dipped their toes in the cryptocurrency game may soon have a little better luck qualifying if they borrow from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. William J. Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), recently ordered…
July 4th weekend officially starts now at Dallas City Hall, at least as far as public meetings go. Staff will undoubtedly be plugging away, but elected city leaders and board members won’t be conducting any official business. While boards have meetings on the schedule in July, council members get the whole month off from committee…
The former Inwood Design Center between the Design District and West Brook Hollow is being redeveloped into a two-brand commercial complex: Inwood Design District and Ace on Inwood. Spanning 740,000 square feet across 14 buildings, the property was purchased by Fort Worth-based M2G Ventures earlier this year. The company wants to transform the site (which…
City staff in Dallas have been making the rounds to give residents a sneak peak at what they’ve got cooking for zoning reform. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, the city is embarking on a painstaking effort to simplify and modernize the portions of its voluminous development code that have to do with land use. The…
The Dallas City Council is going to consider eliminating a mechanism residents currently have to automatically delay rezoning cases. In Dallas, any rezoning request triggers mandatory public notification of property owners within a range of 200 feet of the project to ensure community awareness and participation in the development process. That notification comes in the…
