Joanna England

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

Keller Williams Event Raises $10K For Dallas Agent Rob Elmore

By Joanna England / April 5, 2012 /

Despite what some people may think, Dallas real estate agents are the giving sort. There’s no other group of people who can rally the troops to buy tickets, spend money, and fill up a room for a good cause.

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Tarrant County is Mailing Property Tax Notices Early, But You Still Have Until May 31st to File

By Joanna England / April 4, 2012 /

“It has been common practice in Tarrant and all of the surrounding counties for YEARS that the District will send out their notice of appraised value on May 1st,” says property tax consultant Tiffany Hamil. “Tarrant County has been known to even send their notices out past May 1st, but to my knowledge they have never sent their notices out PRIOR to May 1st … until THIS YEAR.”

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Market Report: Dallas Residential Real Estate Market Hits Rock Bottom, And There’s Nowhere to go But up

By Joanna England / April 3, 2012 /

So, we have good news and bad news. Which do you want first?

Well, the good news is that, after a relatively mild recession, the Dallas-area residential real estate market is poised for an uptick, propelled by job growth, a vigorous banking sector, and more people with a few bucks to spare, according to a report from LocalMarketMonitor.com.

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Were You an April Fool? Surely There’s Some Crafty Realtor Out There Who Loves a Good Prank?

By Joanna England / April 2, 2012 /

I love April Fools. My two favorite jokes include putting a rubber band around the kitchen faucet sprayer so that the unsuspecting user of said faucet gets soaked, and hijacking a friend’s phone and sending a picture of a positive pregnancy test to their entire contact list. Were you the butt of a good April…

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