Joanna England

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

Homefacts App Provides Complete Picture of Neighborhood to Buyers With School Data, Crime Stats, and Demographics, But is it Too Much?

By Joanna England / July 22, 2014 /

    We love a good app here at CandysDirt, and when RealtyTrac announced their new Homefacts app, we had to give it a test. We’ve reviewed several good real estate apps before, and some of them are great for just run-of-the-mill home shopping (Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin), some give you a more visual…

Finding a Family Home in The City: Rudy Bush is Right to Praise New Wave of Urban Single-Family Home Development

By Joanna England / July 21, 2014 /

The more and more I talk to other parents from my son’s school, the more they ask me about buying homes inside 635. Where is a good spot where they can find decent-sized houses that are still close to the city center? And what about schools? Many are put off by the smaller, more expensive…

Friday Five Hundred: Sweet Tudor on Sarasota Circle Shows How Posh Hollywood Heights Has Become

By Joanna England / July 18, 2014 /

Yes, yes, this is another glorious home from Alex Roostaei, a young and driven Allie Beth Allman agent. In fact, you’ll be surprised to hear that this amazing Realtor is marketing another property on the same street as one we featured from him earlier this year. Roostaei, who sold 1115 Sarasota Circle in February just…

UPDATED: First Human West Nile Virus Case is Found in Preston Hollow, City Plans Ground Spraying For Affected Area

By Joanna England / July 18, 2014 /

Well, you’ll find us on our way to Lake Tahoe, where there are no disease carrying mosquitoes and the vistas and waters are easy to soak up. (Well, Candy is headed there, and I’m with her in spirit, so that counts, right?) It was an easy decision now that Dallas County Health and Human Services…

Jeff Lindigrin Proves He’s Great Western Home Loans “CHO” (Chief Happiness Officer!) at D’s Best Realtors Event

By Joanna England / July 18, 2014 /

This year, Great Western Home Loans was the proud sponsor of D Magazine’s annual Best Realtors party. (D does Best Realtor, someone else does the party.) It was one of the best they’ve ever had, and Candy even crashed the party! Well, how about we judge it by some of the fantastic smiles and goofy…