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New Friends New Life Home Tour Features Four Amazing Park Cities and Preston Hollow Mansions

By Joanna England / October 14, 2013 /

The four homes selected for the 2013 New Friends New Life Holiday Home Tour were unveiled Oct. 3, and boy, are they stunners! These amazing mansions will be featured on the nonprofit’s annual fundraiser on Sunday, Dec. 8, and you do not want to miss out!
This year’s tour spans the Park Cities and Preston Hollow, including two homes on Highland Park’s famed Beverly Drive. New Friends New Life helps women reclaim their lives from the sex industry, become self-sufficient, and rescues trafficked teen girls and sexually exploited women and their children. The tour, now in its 14th year, is the organization’s chief fundraiser.

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Troy Aikman Buys Highland Park Home of Author Jane Wolfe For $4.3 Million

By Joanna England / October 8, 2013 /

This just in from the lovely, amazing, and talented Alan Peppard: Troy Aikman has bought his second Highland Park home in three months, this time opting for the 6,000-square-foot former home of reporter and author Jane Wolfe.

The mansion on St. Johns was purchased by Aikman for a confirmed $4.3 million. Aikman’s last purchase was an 11,000-square-foot Mount Vernon manse built by Tatum Brown on Normandy that is just incredible inside and out, with beautiful landscaping by Harold Leidner.

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Survey Says: Luxury Real Estate Buyers Are Getting Younger According to Coldwell Banker, Luxury Institute

By Joanna England / October 8, 2013 /

No, it’s not that Baby Boomers have found the fountain of youth. Instead, it’s the younger crowd that is becoming a growing share of the luxury real estate market, making purchases at an unprecedented clip according to a Coldwell Banker Previews International and Luxury Institute survey. Around 43 percent of the $1 million-plus homes are…

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Monday Morning Millionaire: Beautifully Updated Ranch in Green Cove Estates Puts You Right Next to White Rock Lake

By Joanna England / September 23, 2013 /

My favorite place to ogle houses is while jogging, walking, or cycling around White Rock Lake. There are some gorgeous homes that have fabulous views of Dallas’ crown jewel, and I just envy every one of them. After my jog this morning, I decided to see what’s on the market in the area, and I…

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Friday Four Hundred: Winnetka Heights Stunner is So Fetching It Won't Last Long!

By Joanna England / September 13, 2013 /

I am just loving some of the homes in North Oak Cliff right now! Excellent properties in wonderful, active neighborhoods that are growing by leaps and bounds. It’s like Lakewood down south, as more upwardly mobile families move in, become involved in the public schools, and create their own desireable neighborhoods. They’re doing it through…

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