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A California Home That Was a Backdrop For Silver Screen A-Listers

By CandysDirt | September 2, 2021 |

This is a house with serious pedigree. We’re talking A-list celebrity cred. Frank Sinatra leased it in the 50s and 60s. Lucille Ball, Ava Gardner, and Judy Garland partied here. And as turns out, even the guest house sports a back story. Marilyn Monroe was a frequent tenant and shot some of her famous last…

This Star-Studded L.A. Home Comes With Serious Cred — And a $21.5 M Price Tag

By Elaine Raffel | September 1, 2021 |

This pedigree suburban Los Angeles compound was designed by Pereira Luckman AIA—the same architects behind LAX’s iconic Space Age Structure.

The New Kirby Residences in East Village Offer Dining, Shopping, and Easy Living

By Shelby Skrhak | September 1, 2021 |

This week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, is actually four homes in a new neighborhood of the East Village near Uptown. They’re called Kirby Residences and agent Courtney Tauriac of Beck Realty is fresh off the finishing touches for these modern townhomes. These modern stucco homes…

Homes Built for Dungeons And Dragons, Complete With a Watery Pit

By Mimi Perez | September 1, 2021 |

As my daughter and I were doing some last-minute shopping before she heads off to grad school, we had a conversation that went a little like this: “Momma,” she said. “Yes, bear cub,” I said. “If you come across any homes for your column that seem like they would be really great to lead people…

Would You Pass Inspection? Here Are Three Common Problems Home Inspectors Find

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | September 1, 2021 |

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in  for “Upon Closer Inspection.” After you’ve done several thousand home inspections, some common themes emerge. People tend to neglect the same kinds of things in their homes, and of…

Dallas-Fort Worth And San Antonio Are Attracting More New Residents Than Any Other Texas Metro

By Joanna England | September 1, 2021 |

More Americans are migrating from expensive, densely populated urban areas to less-pricey, coastal locales according to CoreLogic’s recent report on the hottest metro areas for migration. CoreLogic’s report states that secondary cities — large cities adjacent to major metros — were the target for homebuyers looking to get more housing bang for their buck. This…