Joanna England

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

How Much of Museum Tower is Under Contract? MT Marketing Flier Says 25%, But D-Mag Editor-at-Large Tim Rogers Says 13%

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

This morning when I was doing my regularly scheduled RSS blog-reading binge, I noticed this post from D Magazine’s Tim Rogers asking just where Museum Tower officials came up with the figures in their recent marketing email:

Buying a New Range? Find Somewhere You Can Try Before You Buy, Says Suzanne Felber

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber I hate my range. Cooking on it is something I do almost every day when I’m home, and every time something cooks unevenly or dinner burns I regret spending a lot of money for something I had no knowledge of. When I bought the Home Idea Factory, it truly was an old factory…

Texas is Off to a Rollicking Start in 2014, With Home Prices Hitting New Highs

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

CoreLogic’s newest HPI report released today showed that Texas real estate professionals have good reason to blame their busy days on the hot market. Home prices in Texas are at new highs (yes, higher than pre-bubble manic market highs!), with January 2014 up 10.1 percent over a year ago, and home prices up 1.2 percent…

Tuesday Two Hundred: In North Oak Cliff, Great Values Can be Found in Sunset Hill

By Joanna England / March 4, 2014 /

In a lot of the more gentrified neighborhoods throughout North Oak Cliff, finding a deal is getting harder and harder. Many of the homes in decent shape throughout Winnetka Heights, Kings Highway, Kessler Plaza, and Ravinia Heights have been bought up and fixed up, and sometimes even flipped by folks with the know-how to do…

Thanks to Increasing Household Income, New Home Sales Get a Boost in Texas

By Joanna England / March 3, 2014 /

So, as it turns out, if household income increases, then more families have more money to buy new homes. I know. I’m totally shocked, too. What you’ll find interesting is that Texas, with our steady job market and low taxes has resulted in the Lone Star State leading median household income growth AND new home…