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Escape North Texas’ Fast Pace with This Fort Worth Lake House

By Joy Donovan | January 9, 2026 |

With the holidays behind us, we’re ready to hit the new year, right? Nope, that feeling has passed. We’re a week back into the 9 to 5 rat race, and some of us are already thinking of how to escape the churn, the hustle, the craziness of the DFW daily dash. Any homebuyers out there…

Is One of The Finest Neo-Greek Revival Mansions in Dallas Doomed?

By Karen Eubank | January 8, 2026 |

At Candysdirt.com, we often get tipped off about news and rumors, but with the demolition of the Mushroom House at 4200 Armstrong yesterday fresh on our minds, we’re apt to share this nugget: The beautiful 1938 Neo-Greek Revival at 4231 Armstrong Parkway, designed for oilman Charles Pettit, may be headed for the wrecking ball. It’s one…

New D-FW Data Centers Pump Up Construction Spending

By Charles Grand | January 8, 2026 |

Data centers aren’t the sexiest kind of real estate out there, but it’s hard to decouple that part of the industrial sector from the North Texas building boom. They’re not just a driver of the coming (or ongoing) AI revolution; they’re a big driver of construction spending, especially in metros like D-FW and northern Virginia.…

And Just Like That, The Mushroom House Is Gone

By Karen Eubank | January 7, 2026 |

A year after news broke that auto mogul Clay Cooley and his wife, Lisa, quietly assembled three architecturally significant Park Cities properties, demolition has begun on the most distinctive of them all — Highland Park’s so-called Mushroom House. We all knew demolition was imminent, just not how imminent. I realized this week it had been…

Good $300K Homes DO Still Exist! Here’s a Great One in Oak Cliff

By Brenda Masse | January 7, 2026 |

What better way to start off the New Year than with this picture-perfect, well-situated, and beautifully updated Oak Cliff home — and the best news of all? It’s wonderfully affordable. Yes, with this week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters, Senior Loan Officer with First Horizon, you can truly have it all:…

Why Moving and Remodeling Feel Like a Relationship Stress Test

By Elaine Raffel | January 7, 2026 |

If you want a fast, honest look at how your relationship functions under pressure, try moving or remodeling your home. Small decisions—what stays, what goes, where everything lives—have a funny way of colliding with bigger conversations about money, timing, and patience.