Karen Eubank
Karen is a senior columnist at Candy’s Media and has been writing stories since she could hold a crayon. She is a globe-trotting, history-loving eternal optimist who would find it impossible to live well without dogs, Tex-Mex, and dark chocolate. She covers luxury properties and historic preservation for Candys Dirt.
If anyone thinks the Dallas luxury market is slowing down, think again. I started scrolling through contingent and pending offers on multi-million dollar homes on Friday and thought, WOW, we are really killing it here. At the beginning of the year, I wrote about the North Texas luxury market outlook. Our local experts predicted a bullish real…
We know the most popular real estate expression is “location, location, location.” It’s a phrase that’s been in use since 1926 because it’s accurate. Whether you are relocating to work at Goldman Sachs’ new Dallas headquarters in Uptown or just love the high-rise lifestyle and urban luxury, 1999 McKinney is the perfect location. The Lightbulb…
Survival of the fittest is a phrase we don’t often apply to historic homes, but we should. This 1914 Oak Lawn Prairie home is a charming example of a historic survivor. If you’ve been in Dallas for a few decades, you’ve seen the devastating historic losses in this neighborhood. Although Perry Heights has protection, the…
Texas is synonymous with land, which is fortunate because it’s what buyers want today. While the cowboy riding into the sunset is a classic of Texas culture, a classic of Texas real estate is a house with some land, just like this American traditional home in Bells, Texas. To be clear, while land is coveted,…
A recent conversation with architect Max Levy made me look at modernist architecture in a new light. While I’ve always appreciated it, I don’t think I fully understood it until we spoke. He made two points that struck me deeply. It was one of those moments when I wanted to slap my hand to my…
