Joanna England

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

U.S. Metro Economic Report Shows a “Booming” North Texas

By Joanna England / June 23, 2014 /

  We know that North Texas’ strong and growing job market keeps people flocking to our metro area, and that population increase, along with corporate relocations and an attractive business environment, is driving our local economy. It’s driving up housing demand and home prices, too. So we’re not surprised to hear that the U.S. Metro…

Is House Porn Just as Good on The Air as it is Online? Listen to Candy Two Ways Today!

By Joanna England / June 21, 2014 /

I love listening to Candy talk about home trends, luxury real estate, and all the celebrity scuttlebutt she picks up from her amazing cadre of sources. If you need a fix of celebrity real estate right this very second, check out this week’s Red Zone podcast from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University…

How They Live: Designer Kelli Otey is Selling a Piece of Her Heart With Her Coppell Home

By Joanna England / June 20, 2014 /

Not only is she just an all-around fabulous person, but Kelli Otey has a wonderful design sense that keeps your eyes occupied. Not afraid of mixing colors and textures in new and amazing ways, Otey has spent 10 years gradually making her Coppell house inside Summit at the Spring into the perfect home for her…

Friday Five Hundred: Gorgeous Family Home in McKinney Open This Weekend

By Joanna England / June 20, 2014 /

  Are you a Millennial with a couple of kids who is considering pulling up stakes from your urban home and heading for the homes and schools of the suburbs? Then you’ll find this house in McKinney mighty attractive, as it has all the things you want in a suburban enclave, with tons of things…

Charles Hicks Buys 3.85 Acres on Forest Lane From Unity Church of Dallas Campus For 18-Home Planned Development

By Joanna England / June 19, 2014 /

Unity Church of Dallas has sold almost 4 acres of its 11 acre campus on Forest Lane to Charles Hicks. Hicks plans to build 18 custom homes on the site, called 6600 Forest Estates. This is huge news because unless you plan a teardown, this area of North Dallas is almost completely built out. Until…