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.

War May Be Hell, But It’s Heaven Inside Unit 18E at The Warrington

By Jon Anderson / September 16, 2016 /

The Warrington is the backdrop for CandysDirt.com’s latest Staff Meeting home showcase.  On Sept. 22 we’ll be celebrating four impressive units at The Warrington condos on Turtle Creek.  If you missed the first two properties you can catch up here and here (but don’t let it happen again!). Our third property is 18E, and it’s also…

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War(rington) and Peace: How Looking out the Window of Unit 11B at The Warrington Brings Serenity

By Jon Anderson / September 15, 2016 /

On Sept. 22, CandysDirt.com will be hosting a Staff Meeting open house event at four fantastic Warrington abodes on Turtle Creek.  In case you missed, you’ll find the first installment here. This time we’re moving into the double digits with unit 11B on the front side of the building with swooning views of downtown.  This…

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CandysDirt.com Staff Meeting: “Love and War(rington),” Inside Unit 3C

By Jon Anderson / September 13, 2016 /

On Sept. 22, CandysDirt.com is going to Warr … The Warrington that is.  Our next Staff Meeting event will take place as a rolling party in four units.  It’s the prefect way to give buyers unfamiliar with the building a taste of the whole shebang … with a glass of wine and a dash of Candy.…

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Some Oak Lawn Residents Attempting to Down-Zone Neighbors to Fight Development

By Jon Anderson / September 12, 2016 /

“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and caldron bubble.” In Macbeth, Shakespeare’s witches were casting a spell to double Macbeth’s toil and trouble.  It seems some Oak Lawn residents are looking to double developers’ trouble by asking the city Plan Commission to downzone parts of Oak Lawn covered by PD-193.  I’ve written about these…

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Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Metro Dallas – and Little Else

By Jon Anderson / September 9, 2016 /

HSH.com has been around since 1979 (yes, pre-internet) and acts as a mortgage research site with information and mortgage calculators (sorta like Bankrate.com).  They recently published data on what salary it would take to afford a median-priced home in the top 27 metropolitan markets by population. You may recall, last September I published a piece…

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