Joanna England

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

Tuesday Two Hundred: Snag This Beauty of a Home in Bryan Place Before it Hits MLS!

By Joanna England / April 2, 2013 /

Bryan Place is a great neighborhood with all the pros of being close to downtown without the heavy traffic. If you’ve wanted an accessible house within shouting distance of your office, this home is a fabulous option. Completely renovated with gorgeous new floors, vaulted ceiling, fresh designer paint, and the perfect eat-in kitchen, you’d never…

Top-5 Friday: Florida Gulf Coast Puts Up More Than a Great Basketball Team

By Joanna England / March 29, 2013 /

It’s March Madness, so we took a cue from our nation’s obsession with basketball to showcase some great properties in Fort Myers, Fla., home of Florida Gulf Coast University, this year’s NCAA Basketball Tournament Cindarella story. In my opinion, this city is an ideal spot for a second home. There’s a great mix of rentals,…

Friday Five Hundred: North Dallas Beauty is Just a Couple of Miles From The Bushes, And Has Great Hedges!

By Joanna England / March 29, 2013 /

Our dear friend and commenter, Wyman Elrod, sent us this gorgeous North Dallas home. We are just as smitten with it as he is, and for good reason — it’s practically a supermodel! I feel like I should go ahead and tell you that this home, 7108 Briarmeadow, is about two miles from the Bush…

North Dallas Residents Say Walmart at Arapaho And Coit Would Flood Streets With Traffic, Hurt Property Values, And Bring More Crime

By Joanna England / March 28, 2013 /

Great piece by Eric Nicholson on Unfair Park today about residents fighting a proposed Walmart at Coit and Arapaho roads. The area has seen a pretty steady decline in recent years, with retailers leaving and the shopping center at Coit and Campbell roads growing. But the owners have plans to add a 90,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter…

Real Estate Council Lists Dallas City Council Endorsements; Leland Burk Balks Over Choice of Jennifer Staubach Gates in District 13 Race

By Joanna England / March 28, 2013 /

The Dallas Real Estate Council made its recommendations for all contested Dallas City Council races, but there’s a bit of bitterness over the council’s choice in District 13. Rudy Bush at the DMN’s Local Politics blog has the full story. Basically, by choosing Jennifer Staubach Gates over Leland Burk in District 13, the council showed…