Joanna England

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

Leaky Gas Lines Plague Lakewood, But Will Atmos Be Honest With Us?

By Joanna England / February 12, 2016 /

When you smell gas in your home and report it to Atmos, what’s the first thing they tell you to do? Get out of the house. So when Megan Anderson was busy doing the dishes in the kitchen of her Lakewood home on Jan. 5, she didn’t smell the gas that had been filling a wall…

Millennium Title Owner Nancy Jackson Carroll (Spinks?) Has Been Nabbed For Theft in Illinois

By Joanna England / February 12, 2016 /

Word comes from a real estate agent that Nancy Jackson Carroll (Spinks) was picked up in Lake Forest, Ill., for theft. She’s in the slammer with bond set at $250,000, which happens to be just a fraction of what she allegedly absconded with from her Millennium Title clients. One client, Scott Schambacher, was offering $50k…

New Construction in North Oak Cliff Works Well With Neighborhood

By Joanna England / February 10, 2016 /

The temptation is, when it comes to building a new home inside close-in neighborhoods, is to make the most of the lot. Builders sometimes plunk down homes that look better suited to a new suburban development up north in Collin County than the historic, imperfectly platted neighborhoods in Dallas. That’s where this new build in…

Super Bowl 50 Spot From Ebby Halliday Realtors Offers Perspective on Homebuying

By Joanna England / February 8, 2016 /

Did you see the eye-catching 30-second spot from Ebby Halliday Realtors before Super Bowl 50 yesterday? We did, and we were so impressed with the message and execution from the North Texas brokerage that is growing like gangbusters, now the 10th largest residential real estate brokerage in the nation. “Let’s face it, buying or selling…

Park Cities Crime: University Park Man Carjacked and Mugged at Gunpoint in His Own Driveway

By Joanna England / February 8, 2016 /

Seriously, what is the world coming to that now Parkies aren’t safe in their driveways, at NorthPark Center, or at the filling station? This time, two robbers armed with handguns forced a University Park man to hand over his cash and his car while he was exiting his Kia Optima after a Sunday morning donut…