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View Yourself Living a Different Fantasy Every Day on This Grapevine Acreage

By Joy Donovan / July 29, 2025 /

Live the life you want. One day, it’s powering a boat through a lake.The next, it’s riding a horse with wild abandon. Then day three, you prefer to play chef. And then perhaps you would fancy swimming a few laps. Exhausted from all this activity, you think movie night with a bottle from your collection…

In Vickery Meadow, Community Success Isn’t Measured in Square Footage

By Mimi Perez / July 29, 2025 /

Most neighborhoods in Dallas are known for the style of home that makes up the neighborhood. Hollywood Heights, for instance, is known for its Tudor and Craftsman style homes while Junius Heights has Prairie style homes with the loveliest of porches. But what about those neighborhoods without single-family home architecture as a signature; Those that…

Mount Vernon, the Former H.L. Hunt Estate, Is Back on the Market

By Karen Eubank / July 28, 2025 /

The former H.L. Hunt estate, which sits on 10 beautiful acres fronting White Rock Lake, is back on the market. The Georgian Colonial was completed in 1930 as an almost exact replica of Mount Vernon, the former residence of President George Washington. Hunt, a true Texas legend, was an oil tycoon who had 15 children…

Home Prices Hit Record High for June, Just Not in Texas

By Charles Grand / July 28, 2025 /

Those hoping to see home prices calm down got a rude awakening last week when the National Association of Realtors clocked record-high listings for June. Nationally, the median sales price for existing homes hit $435,300, marking a 2% increase for the month year-over-year. Meanwhile, the sale of existing homes dipped by 2.7% between May and…

Whole Foods To Anchor Upscale Retail at Frisco’s The Mix

By Charles Grand / July 28, 2025 /

There’s few better signs that a city has officially made it than Whole Foods Market deeming the demographics strong enough there to plant a store — looks like Frisco has made it. Construction of a Whole Foods is now underway as part of the first phase of the upcoming 112-acre mixed-use community and high-end retail…