Joanna England

Joanna England is the Executive Editor at CandysDirt.com and covers the North Texas housing market.

Find Your Dream Downtown Dallas Dwelling With These Farmers Market Townhomes

By Joanna England / February 7, 2024 /

Downtown Dallas is hot. More and more people are moving to the North Texas region and are finding urban life not only convenient but luxurious. When you can find produce fresh from the fields in the Farmers Market, art right from the artist in the Dallas Arts District, and music as live as the city…

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BREAKING: Keller Williams Settles Landmark Commission Suit For $70 Million

By Joanna England / February 1, 2024 /

In a letter to agents and affiliates with Keller Williams, Gary Keller announced that the brand had negotiated a $70 million settlement in the class action suits that have rocked the industry and spawned a legion of copycat suits that could change the way residential real estate is bought and sold. The suits, referred to…

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It’s The Details That Set This Oak Lawn Townhome Apart From The Crowd

By Joanna England / January 31, 2024 /

With how fast the housing stock of Dallas is turning over, it’s easy to see a lot of the newer builds as bland, cookie-cutter, and dry. But when owners take the basics and elevate them, it turns what was once a boring shell into a real knockout. That’s what happened with this Oak Lawn townhome…

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Hillwood Communities Buys 1,380 Acres in Celina For New Master-Planned Community

By Joanna England / January 31, 2024 /

Celina is growing at a break-neck pace, and developers are working to add rooftops as fast as they can. To bring more housing stock to the increasingly populous North Texas suburb, Hillwood Communities has purchased the 1,380-acre Eland Ranch spanning from Preston Road to Custer Road to develop a master-planned community dubbed Ramble. The development,…

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Stillwater Capital Teams up With Lot Developer Forestar to Build Luxury Homes on Former StoryBuilt Site

By Joanna England / January 29, 2024 /

When StoryBuilt abruptly went belly up, it left several sites that were under development in limbo. One of the most notable was the site of StoryBuilt’s Goose development, which was planned for Walnut Hill Lane and White Rock Trail and was supposed to bring single-family homes right next door to Stillwater Capital’s White Rock Bluffs…

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