Dallas Real Estate News

Does Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Feel Sorry for His Home Town Mo-Town?

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2013 /

I mean, he played a role: Kwame Kilpatrick was mayor of one of America’s largest cities at the age of 31. He resigned in 2008, after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in a scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair with his chief of staff. OK, so a lot of politicians dabble extra-maritally.…

Are Dallas Bugs the Worst in the Nation? At Least We Don't Have Greenheads

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2013 /

I have returned from Maine, a state I love for many reasons. Number 1, lobster. Number two, my good friend Ron Corning was born there, number three my husband’s precious grandfather bought a home there on the Maine coast where we vacation every summer. The east coast has been unseasonably wet, and was also unseasonably…

Dallas Real Estate Pop Quiz: What Famous Dallas Mansion's Owners Once Lived in Our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week?

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2013 /

Little pop-quiz over here on CandysDirt: do these homes look similar? A little? No, OK. How about are they both light, white and very bright? Bingo! Turns out they were built by the same couple. 11715 Parwen, the first home and our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week, has a smooth white stucco interior and the…

As Detroit Becomes Largest City Ever to File For Bankruptcy Protection, Economic Waves Will Crest Across The Nation

By Joanna England / July 18, 2013 /

We all knew it was coming as city and state leaders came to an impasse with Detroit’s creditors, and now the largest municipality in history has filed for bankruptcy protection. This is big news for everyone, not just Dallas, as I’m sure creditors of the more than $19 billion in municipal debt rung up by…

Ask Candy: A Reader Asks, "Whatever Happened to White Rock Crossing?"

By Joanna England / July 18, 2013 /

For a long time, the lot just across from Redeemer Bible Church and caddy corner to Robert T. Hill Middle School at Easton and East Lake Highlands was a cut-through for drivers too impatient to wait behind cars stopped for pickups at the end of the school day. Today, well, it’s a quiet construction site with a sign that says something to the effect of “Future home of White Rock Crossing.”