Dallas Real Estate News
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at noon on Saturday, Aug. 3, to include a memorandum from Interim Assistant City Manager Robin Bentley about the Elm Thicket/Northpark permits. The Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood — where residents mobilized almost two years ago to protect the former Freedman’s Community from displacement and noncompliant construction — was peppered recently…
On this episode of Dallas Dirt, CandysDirt.com City Hall Editor April Towery spoke to one of the committee members who helped draft the controversial Forward Dallas, the comprehensive land use plan that is seemingly turning vocal homeowners against the city. Opponents have accused the city planning staff of having an agenda, but guest Nathaniel Barrett…
“Did someone die in this house,?” is a natural curiosity question. If it’s an old home, the answer is yes. But how big a deal is that? What exactly is it that scares people from buying a so-called “murder home“? Tune in for this enhanced video episode of the Dallas Dirt podcast, where guest host…
‘When your name is Dallas, you root for the city,’ but Dallas is losing people to the suburbs because of politics, says Dallas real estate consultant Dallas Cothrum. The land use expert and president of Masterplan calls out poor practices by city councils past, highlighting the Trinity East natural gas drilling controversy and its lasting…
From TalkingBizNews comes word that the Dallas Morning News has a real estate reporter ready to take over after Steve Brown retires on March 1. Brown, a legend in Dallas for his prolific real estate reporting, helmed the beat as real estate editor for decades. Under Brown’s tutelage, former DMN real estate writer Mitchell Parton was…
