Joanna England
Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.
In March of 2020, the carpet was yanked out from beneath the real estate industry as we all learned how to stay safe in the face of a worsening pandemic. However, once real estate was affirmed to be an “essential” industry, brokerages, title companies, and inspectors — among many others — hit the ground running.…
The National Association of Realtors released a report showing strong growth for existing home sales in December despite economic worries and a pandemic. Total existing-home sales increased 0.7 percent from November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.76 million in December, the report stated. Sales in total rose year-over-year, up 22.2 percent from 5.53…
For John Angell, it was the last straw. The Dallas-based agent with Paragon Realtors took to Facebook to air his grievance with Zillow, the company that uses MLS data to populate its site with for-sale and for-lease listings. The company, which started its own brokerage — Zillow Homes — last September, also announced at that…
While the rally-turned-insurrection during the March for Trump event resulted in several arrests and even more public firings, the Texas Real Estate Commission issued a statement this afternoon saying that while they’ve received numerous reports about licensees participating in felonious and seditious acts, the commission’s hands are tied. As the statement outlines, “the Commission may…
It’s hard to talk about the Ebby Halliday Companies and not emphasize that for the longest time, a sense of place has pervaded the brand. And you can’t talk about the headquarters of the Ebby brand without mentioning its most iconic location at Preston Road and Northwest Highway — the “Little White House.” But…
