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By Donovan Westover Special Contributor My heart sank when I learned my favorite Charles Dilbeck-designed house had burned to the ground. An exterior appliance started the 2016 blaze, which quickly spread throughout the 9,000-square-foot house replete with acres of 55-year-old wood shingles, wood siding, and wood ornamentation. I was super sad for the loss to…
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor We’ve all heard about the two things you can’t avoid – death and taxes. Just like there is a life cycle, there is a property tax cycle. The tax cycle is a lot easier to predict. This life cycle of property taxes follows the same pattern every year. If you’re…
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Property taxes are the talk of the town right now. Municipalities all over the Metroplex are proposing tax rate increases on top of the frequent increase in property values. This year’s tax bill may be a double whammy for our already steep homeowner taxes. If you’re thinking of avoiding those…
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Buying or selling a home can be complicated. And the lingo and jargon of escrow officers, lenders, and real estate agents can be baffling to those not in the industry. To help decipher, here are definitions of some frequently used title business terms. This isn’t Webster’s Dictionary — it’s Lydia’s…
By Abigail Kuch Reynolds Guest Contributor During last week’s Dallas City Council meeting, council members unanimously shot down a proposal for temporary shelters spread throughout the city in recreation centers as a temporary solution to the city’s critically growing number of homeless. In lieu of that proposal, members of the Council turned their attention to…
