Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson is CandysDirt.com's condo/HOA and developer columnist, but also covers second home trends on SecondShelters.com. An award-winning columnist, Jon has earned silver and bronze awards for his columns from the National Association of Real Estate Editors in both 2016, 2017 and 2018. When he isn't in Hawaii, Jon enjoys life in the sky in Dallas.

Through Thick and Thin: Why High-Rise Floor Plans Matter

By Jon Anderson / October 26, 2016 /

When I was a high-rise n00b, I didn’t consciously understand why I gravitated towards one floor plan versus another.  Sure, sometimes it’s easy to spot — one’s too small, one’s got an inconvenient pillar, another doesn’t have enough closet space, and yet another is on a too-low floor.  But why, when all things were relatively…

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Proposed University Park Development Has Some Up In Arms

By Jon Anderson / October 18, 2016 /

As I’ve walked through University Park in recent weeks, I’ve seen the above sign crop up.  I’d already planned a column about these amateur protest signs.  After all, if you don’t know what they’re talking about, there’s no way to find out.  Kinda Marketing 101. And what are they talking about?  Demolition of Snider Plaza?…

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Place des Vosges; Urban Hideaway in Dallas’ French Countryside

By Jon Anderson / October 14, 2016 /

Each time I’ve been waved through the gates at Place des Vosges, I’ve been riding shotgun in a Bentley … something akin to tooling around Arlington in a Toyota. It’s just what you do. As Karen Eubank recently pointed out, the original Place des Vosges is in Paris (near the Bastille).  It’s also a stroll…

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Dallas City Attorney Stalls Humann Foundation, Future of Fair Park May be Fair After All

By Jon Anderson / October 13, 2016 /

Earlier today, Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston received a letter from City Attorney Larry Casto responding to his recent queries on the legality of Mayor Mike Rawling’s slam-dunk deal to turn over Fair Park to Walt Humann’s Fair Park Texas Foundation.  The result being “stick a fork in it.”  Humann’s plan may not be…

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CandysDirt.com Staff Meeting: Room For Music and Memories at 6610 Nonesuch Ct.

By Jon Anderson / October 13, 2016 /

Tuesday night, CandysDirt.com took over the Lakewood home of country music singer Steve Holy and his family for one of our Staff Meeting parties. The address, 6610 Nonesuch Court, left me scratching my head, but GPS got me there lickity-split. Turns out it’s a tiny, private, gated road with just four homes on it.  Talk about…

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