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Calculating Those Calculating Buyers And Sellers

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 6, 2025 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor Redfin has a wiz-bang calculation to quantify how many buyers and sellers there are. I will break their effort down and point out a few problems with it. They tend to get more ink because they are more negative in their story angles given the uncertainty in the market. Quick aside: Have you noticed…

Highland Park Students Reimagine a Streamline Moderne for Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 29, 2025 /

By Mindy Baxter Special Contributor For students in Highland Park High School’s environmental architecture class, work meets play for their entry into the 2025 Parade of Playhouses. Parade of Playhouses, the signature awareness event for Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), features custom-designed and built children’s playhouses on display at NorthPark Center and available to…

Get Used To High Mortgage Rates And High Rents

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 25, 2025 /

Consumer perception of rising inflation has been growing since the beginning of the year. The tariff tantrums are inflicting far more damage to the US economy than any other country, and the full impact has yet to be felt by US consumers. The new tax bill that just passed the House will raise the federal…

The Plural Of Anecdotal Is Not Data – The Tariff Tantrum Impact Creates Housing Chaos

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 4, 2025 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor There are lots of stories coming out of the brokerage community about properties being de-listed or deals blowing up attributable to the Tariff Tantrums the world is currently enduring. I’ve been talking at length about the uncertainty that tariffs burden consumers within the decision-making process, especially when no underlying strategy or…

Streetcars in Dallas Get Electric!

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 27, 2025 /

By Jim Anderson Preservation consultant Jim Anderson, who has served the City of Dallas for 26 years as an urban planner in historic preservation, presents the second in his three-part series on the history of streetcars in Dallas. Catch up on last week’s “Tracks Through Time Part 1: Dallas and the Golden Age of Trolleys.“…