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Della Lively, RIP

By Candy Evans | July 8, 2021 |

Dallas has lost another real estate icon: Della Lively. I first met Della in 1980. We were brand new to Texas. We could not afford a pot to you-know-what in, and in fact, my husband did not even want us to buy a $65,000 starter home because of graduate school debt. But we had always…

Rocky Mountain High: This Telluride Penthouse Just Listed for $33 million

By Elaine Raffel | July 7, 2021 |

Just in time for this year’s mass exodus, Telluride’s priciest penthouse is up for grabs: a 7,187-square foot duplex smack in the center of town.

The Architect Index: Dallas Homes Designed by O’Neil Ford

By Shelby Skrhak | July 7, 2021 |

The creation of Texas Modern style is credited to legendary architect O’Neil Ford and his mentor David Williams, and draws inspiration from none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. “O’Neil Ford helped launch Texas architecture on a new path by showing that its roots were deep and often beautiful,” Dallas Morning News architecture critic David Dillon…

What Are The Most Common Issues That Show Up in Home Inspection Reports?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | July 7, 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.” Just a quick refresher: a home inspector usually comes into a real estate transaction when a buyer has made an offer on a home that has…

Oak Lawn Committee Sees Proposed Old Parkland Expansion

By Jon Anderson | July 7, 2021 |

The Old Parkland lands stood vacant for years at Maple and Oak Lawn Avenues before Crow Holdings restored the historic hospital campus into a significant landmark in 2009. The new campus surrounds the original 1913 Parkland Hospital building seamlessly. Behind the gates, the historic buildings thrive. Interiors are true works of art, from the intricate…

Data Shows Pandemic-Related Rental Surges on D/FW, State, and National Levels

By Tommy Cummings | July 7, 2021 |

In Dallas, rent in June increased 1.4 percent over the previous month and up 6.4 percent in comparison to the same time last year, according to Apartment List’s July 2021 Dallas Rent Report.