Joanna England

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

Middlebrook Place Townhome is a Rare Opportunity to Buy on Former Site of Stevens Family Farmhouse

By Joanna England / May 8, 2015 /

You may think you know everything there is to know about Kessler Park, but did you know about the Middlebrook Sisters and their famous haunted house? That’s where today’s Friday Four Hundred sits, a townhome in the aptly named Middlebrook Place, a spot of land near Stevens Park Golf Course where Cecilia and Margerite Middlbrook…

Champions School is Hosting Texas’ Biggest Real Estate Career Fair

By Joanna England / May 7, 2015 /

Looking for a brokerage? Just got your license? Want to learn more about the ins-and-outs of the business? Need to make some new contacts to build your referrals? For these reasons and more, consider registering now for Champions School of Real Estate’s Career Fair tomorrow, May 8, at four of the nine Texas real estate…

Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Event Features Home of Preservationist Virginia Savage McAlester

By Joanna England / May 7, 2015 /

It’s a time-honored tradition now in its 42nd year, and it’s one of the best way to ogle at some real, historic, graceful house candy! Truly, the Swiss Avenue Historic District’s Mother’s Day Home Tour is the only opportunity you’ll get all year to witness the grandeur of the oldest historic district in Dallas from…

Ticket Giveaway: Fort Worth’s Fairmount Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour

By Joanna England / May 7, 2015 /

You know we love celebrating Mother’s Day with a home tour, and this year you’ll have two chances to win tickets to fantastic tours. The first giveaway here on CandysDirt.com is for a pair of tickets to the 33rd annual Fairmount National Historic District Mother’s Day Tour of Homes this weekend. Named one of “The…

Featured Realtor: Brand New Agent Heather Burns Loves Cities, Homes, And People

By Joanna England / May 6, 2015 /

Very rarely do we get to profile new Realtors and see why they got into the business with such a dynamic, changing market. Sometimes these Realtors are switching careers from less-interesting, more stressful professions. Sometimes they just fall into it with grace and aplomb. Heather Burns decided to start a career in residential real estate…