Joanna England

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

Guardian Angel: Janet Ryan of Guardian Mortgage Has the Expertise Clients Need

By Joanna England / May 3, 2016 /

  Janet Ryan has been in the mortgage industry since the 1970s. It was a different time then, she says, and her long career has given her a dose of perspective that clients constantly benefit from. Considering that Janet has been filling out mortgage paperwork for longer than some companies have been in business, her…

Bruce Graf Helps Baby Boomers Age-in-Place With Smart Updates

By Joanna England / May 3, 2016 /

“For most folks, their home is the biggest investment they own,” said Bruce Graf, a home remodeler with more than 30 years of experience in working with multiple generations of families. Graf has helped families remodel a house to accommodate growth, and then returned years later to adapt their home to special health needs so…

DEEP Fund Gets Nonprofit Status; Donations to Preserve Historic Architecture Are Tax Deductible

By Joanna England / May 2, 2016 /

Good news for preservationists Lisa Marie Gala, Virginia McAlester, and Jim Rogers, as the IRS has granted the Dallas Endowment for Endangered Properties (DEEP) with tax exempt status under Section 501 (c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. “May is National Historic Preservation Month and The National Historic Preservation Act’s 50th birthday in 2016, so opening…

Peep Show: Coop Tour Parades Through East Dallas in Search of Chicks

By Joanna England / April 29, 2016 /

In the 11 years I have lived in East Dallas, I have had chickens for eight of them. When we first started out as urban chicken keepers, the trend was still relatively new, and the places from which you might score chicken feed were still limited. Today you can run down to Gecko Hardware and…

As Housing Prices Soar, Fiji Townhomes Fill Affordable Niche

By Joanna England / April 28, 2016 /

The first phase of the Fiji Townhomes at Compton and Fran Way won’t be finished until July and it’s almost sold out, says Virginia Cook Realtor Angela Downes, who is marketing the property. The brand new development by Sphinx is set just west of Corinth and south of Cedar Creek in an area ripe with…