Joanna England
Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.
I hereby dub 2016 as the “Year of the Renter” as I’ve seen more studies and press releases in the past month prognosticating rental trends and preferences than I have all through 2015. We’ve seen how Dallas rental rates take a smaller chunk of residents paychecks than in other places, we’ve seen how renters are…
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA ranked among the most affordable metro areas for Millennial renters according to recent analysis from RealtyTrac. That’s fabulous right? But the second you look at the numbers, you’re going to set off a tremor with your violent eye-rolling. Where does a three-bedroom apartment rent for $1,317 in Dallas? For real, y’all.…
As it turns out, all of those negative Nellies and harbingers of end times over TRID weren’t completely wrong. In November’s Realtors Confidence Index from the National Association of Realtors, home sales sunk 11 percent for the month following a 4 percent decline in October. “Compared to a year ago, market activity improved. Sustained job…
If the shape of this home’s street-facing facade looks familiar, it’s because we posted about another, equally stately new build in North Oak Cliff last month. This home, located off of Kings Highway, shares many attributes with the previous listing, including the fantastic finish-out you’d expect in a new build. It’s another great listing from…
When you talk about the dream that gets people into real estate, it often follows the arc of Barbara Corcoran’s story. She worked 22 different jobs before getting a $1,000 loan from her boyfriend and starting a fledgling real estate office in New York City. More than $5 billion later, Corcoran is a well-known entrepreneur…
