Joanna England

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

The Mortgage Report: A Mixed Jobs Report Could Affect Interest Rates, Says Bob Johnson

By Joanna England / December 5, 2016 /

A mixed jobs report could affect interest rates, says BobMortgage in our latest edition of The Mortgage Report, as he explains the short-term and long-term outlook for potential homebuyers. You may know him as Bob Johnson, the senior mortgage advisor at Wallick & Volk, the nation’s oldest privately-held mortgage company. Bob Johnson has helped more than 25,000 families get…

Ridglea Ranch Charms With Classic Updates, Lush Landscaping

By Joanna England / December 2, 2016 /

It was pointed out to me last week that our Friday feature highlighting what you can get in the $400,000 to $500,000 range doesn’t branch out much past the Dallas County line. See, I’ve been operating under the assumption that there aren’t many interesting homes in this bracket to the north and west. But then…

Dallas is Full of Complainers: 311 Calls Almost Doubled in 2015

By Joanna England / November 30, 2016 /

Is it the squeaky wheel that always gets the grease, or the constant calls to 311 that get the attention of code enforcement? Same difference, right? Well RentCafe did an interesting bit of number crunching and decided to decode just what areas of Dallas had the most squeaky wheels. While some neighborhoods of East Dallas…

High-Caliber Agent: Relationships Matter, Says Realtor Jennifer Rice

By Joanna England / November 29, 2016 /

There’s a lot to a real estate transaction that gets lost in talk of prices and sales figures. It’s a complex deal in which a lot of people invest their time, money, and hopes and dreams. With the right agent, the setbacks that are bound to happen don’t sting so bad. Clients learn to lean…

Is The Fair Park Texas Foundation a Non-Profit? Not According to The IRS

By Joanna England / November 29, 2016 /

All along we’ve been operating under the assumption that the organization founded by Walt Humann — the Fair Park Texas Foundation — was a certifiable non-profit. In fact, one of the things that made Humann’s organization attractive to the City of Dallas is that it could circumvent bidding as a non-profit providing monetary or in-kind…