Joanna England
Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.
There’s been some debate in Washington on what to do about the country’s growing inability to pay its bills. As a means to shrink the budget deficit, the House Ways and Means Committee discussed doing away with the popular mortgage interest deduction. It’s a pretty popular tax break for homeowners. It allows taxpayers to deduct…
It was the best of times … No, really, it was. Especially considering that we have two Tuesday $200Ks to share with you, and they are in the same development. Yes, they may be almost the exact same townhome layout-wise, but they could not be more different. We’re talking about 2200 and 2204 N. Peak…
Photo: Business Insider We’ve got a low cost of living, a relatively stable job market, affordable real estate (when you can find it!) and an average commute time of just 12 minutes! Wait … WHAT? According to Business Insider‘s list extolling all the reasons Dallas is easy on the wallet, most Dallasites have an…
Get out and vote! Early voting starts today and runs through Friday May 3. Election Day is Tuesday, May 7. You can find early voting locations here. This year we did something a little different here on CandysDirt.com: We sent out candidate questionnaires to every Dallas City Council candidate running in a contested race. As…
Of course this Wall Street Journal article by Alyssa Abkowitz doesn’t tell you and me anything new. We’ve known for weeks — if not months — that high-end homes in Dallas are flying off the shelves faster than Realtors can list them. It’s driven the resurgence of the hip-pocket listing, too, as newly wealthy or…