Joanna England

Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.

On SecondShelters.com: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Lists Horseshoe Bay Waterfront Home

By Joanna England / July 10, 2017 /

Live like a Washington elite in the privately secluded waterfront estate at 122 Applehead Island Drive, just listed by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and wife, Renda, for $3.975 million. Nestled in the exclusive, guard-gated, luxury community of Horseshoe Bay Resort, this exquisite four-bedroom, four-full-and-three-half-bath residence boasts sweeping lakefront views and incredible outdoor spaces to entertain. Located just 50…

BobMortgage Zone: Pre-Qualification Vs. Pre-Approval

By Joanna England / July 10, 2017 /

Last week, we talked about what an underwriter is looking for when qualifying a buyer for pre-approval. This week, Bob Johnson (AKA BobMortgage) is here to shed some light on making an offer. Are you losing out every time you put an offer on a home? Does your mortgage letter state you have been pre-qualified for your…

Brisk Sales, Big Things Ahead For Small Batch Builder The Avant Group

By Joanna England / July 10, 2017 /

The Avant Group, a CandysDirt.com Approved Builder, has easily kept pace with our region’s brisk real estate market. Buyers have been in an absolute frenzy trying to secure the next home by this acclaimed small-batch builder. Not surprisingly, the Avant Group sold both their Dunhaven and Valley Ridge projects for above list price. Even though these…

Hey, Forbes! That’s Not Downtown Fort Worth

By Joanna England / July 7, 2017 /

Scrolling through my Google alerts, I saw this piece from Forbes about the top markets for real estate investment for 2017. Of course, I was ambivalent about Dallas being ranked No. 1 by Local Market Monitor, as high prices could be allayed by more construction of affordable single-family homes, but while clicking through the slideshow…

Eyecatching Midcentury Home Has Spacious Interiors, Family-Friendly Backyard

By Joanna England / July 7, 2017 /

We’ve caught a lot of flak from readers when it comes to the definition of midcentury modern, but for most purposes, it tends to span the 1950s and onward to 1965. So while this Northwest Dallas home has all of the lines of a soft contemporary from the curb, it technically falls into the period of…