Joanna England

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

Remodeled to Perfection, Prairie Home in Winnetka Heights Shines

By Joanna England / January 26, 2016 /

If you’ve got déjà vu over this Winnetka Heights prairie four-square, you’re not alone. This gorgeous renovated home was on the Dec. 5 Winnetka Heights Holiday Home Tour, notes David Griffin & Co. Realtor Diane Sherman. The sellers did a lot of research about the home, Sherman said. “They found that it was originally three…

Can’t $top, Won’t $top: Dallas Luxury Home Sales Rake in Big Numbers for 2015

By Joanna England / January 25, 2016 /

Demand for high-end dirt in Texas was quite robust in 2015, according to the just-released 2016 Texas Luxury Home Sales Report from the Texas Association of Realtors. Dallas luxury home sales and Fort Worth high-end real estate sales grew by 12.4 percent from January to October 2015, with 1,088 homes priced at $1 million or more…

Friday Four Hundred: It’s Flipping in Lochwood With Winning Results

By Joanna England / January 22, 2016 /

I am constantly amazed at how fast some homes in East Dallas neighborhoods are selling. Apparently, this great success is also catching the attention of investors who are buying up properties thirty or forty years into their lives and turning them at a breakneck pace. So, you’ll start to see more and more homes like…

North Oak Cliff Church Annex Converted into Inspiring Live-Work Space

By Joanna England / January 21, 2016 /

Imagine you had close to 10,000 square feet of raw, usable live-work space in one of the hottest areas of North Oak Cliff. The possibilities are endless for the creative, passionate buyer. We’ve already seen what a quality commercial live-work conversion looks like in the sizzling Dallas Design District. Imagine you could have all that…

Tired of Teardowns, Preservationists Form Fund to Buy Up Historic Properties at Risk

By Joanna England / January 20, 2016 /

Back in the 1970s, Munger Heights was a seedy neighborhood full of rent-by-the-room boarding houses and dilapidated old homes desperate to be shored up should they catch a stiff breeze. Homeowners and activists saw the area for what it was — full of potential — and created a revolving fund to buy the homes at…