Real Estate Story

Infographic: Buying new versus preowned

By Leah Shafer / December 10, 2014 /

As the Dallas-Fort Worth area grows and suburbs develop, many people wonder about the advantages of buying a new versus preowned house. We’ve put together a handy infographic for you, outlining the advantages of each. What’s your opinion?    

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: Jane McGarry’s Building a Dream Home in West Fort Worth

By Joanna England / October 10, 2014 /

“I just closed on a West Fort Worth lot a couple of weeks ago,” said North Texas TV legend Jane McGarry, who now blogs at realjane.net. “I am drawing up floorplans for the new house right now and I hope to build a smaller, less expensive, low-maintenance version of my Westover Hills home I sold…

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: Former Art Teacher Injects Cozy Style Into Lake Highlands Semi-Detached

By Joanna England / September 19, 2014 /

  I got to know Jane Cheek and her cute little boy, Abe, when she was teaching a toddler art class in East Dallas a little over a year ago. This talented stay-at-home-mom, a former art teacher, came up with the cutest ideas for crafts for our little buggers. When she and her husband, Daniel,…

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: Relocating Executive Finds Hot Competition For Homes in Briarwood

By Joanna England / April 29, 2014 /

We love hearing from our readers, and nothing makes us happier than emails from folks who are moving to Dallas who tell us what a valuable resource CandysDirt.com is for their home search. We’ve heard such wonderful stories from buyers and sellers and folks who are relocating about how this here little website helped them…

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: No Longer The Queen of Her Double-Wide, Jenna Kujawski Took The Long Way to Build Her Dream Home

By Joanna England / January 27, 2014 /

Full disclosure: I’ve known Jenna Kujawski since our days at Texas A&M University, and we’ve kept up with one another as we’ve both gotten married and had our first kids.

Jenna, now pregnant with her second child, is currently celebrating with sparkling cider as her family moves into their brand new home on the range in Franklin, Texas, just outside Bryan-College Station. It’s a dream home come true for Jenna of Lazy K Designs and her family, who live on 28 acres known as the Lazy K Ranch. Jenna and her husband Brady bought the acreage soon after graduating from A&M, with the goal of one day building their dream home – a home perfect for raising a family and teaching small town values. After 7 years, that dream is now a reality.

Read more about their real estate story after the jump!