Joanna England
Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.
It’s Christmas Eve Eve, as my mother likes to call it, and we are doing everything we can to prepare our home to host a few friends and plenty of magic. When you live in 1,400 square feet, cozy is easy. But how do you achieve that kind of warm atmosphere on a larger…
Incredibly tragic news for Fort Worth’s business and real estate community. Word comes from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that one of Cowtown’s biggest boosters, Susan Halsey, has succumbed to cancer. We are heartbroken to hear about this terrible loss, and our thoughts are with Halsey’s friends and family. If you’re not familiar with Halsey, this…
Let’s just say that my eyes widened a little without the help of coffee when I read this story from Steve Brown. According to Fitch Ratings, Texas home prices are way overvalued, by 11 percent they say, and there could be a reckoning coming thanks to falling oil prices. The financial analysts at Fitch are…
Texas-born pitcher John Lackey is looking to sell his Fort Worth mansion in Monsterrat, according to Hardball Talk and my baseball-obsessed husband. Lackey, who played one season with UT-Arlington back in 1999, went on to play for the Anaheim Angels (where he helped the franchise win the World Series in 2002), the Boston Red Sox…
It seems someone is opening a new luxury something-or-other every day, especially in real estate! Now comes word that another global auction house has reached into Dallas. With their immense global appeal and blitzing of media, luxury auctions have become one of the best ways to sell multimillion-dollar homes. Or not. Let us welcome…
