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It’s Time to Breakup With the Buyer Love Letter

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | May 27, 2021 |

by Rogers HealySend a love letter to your significant other, not the seller of a home you’re determined to purchase. In this increasingly competitive market, buyers are ready to do nearly anything to secure a property. “Love letters” to sellers are becoming more common than they have been in years prior due to the competitive…

Tour These Three 1920s and 1930s Tudors This Weekend

By Shelby Skrhak | May 27, 2021 |

This week’s Dallas open house line-up takes us to Lakewood and Hollywood Heights where you can get your fix of 1920s and 1930s architecture with these three magnificent homes. But we’ll give you this fair warning. Get your elbows out because we’re sure these open houses will be THE place to be this weekend. Tour…

Live A Fairy Tale Life in this Hudson River Valley Castle

By Elaine Raffel | May 26, 2021 |

Some lucky homeowners just may find their happy ending in this 19th-century castle-like Hudson Valley mansion.

Here Are The Reasons Why California is Moving to Texas

By Shelby Skrhak | May 26, 2021 |

When moving companies devote multiple blog posts specifically courting Californians moving to Texas, that’s just another indication that the California migration to Tejas is a bona fide sign of the times. Take St. Louis-based United Van Lines for example. They’ve tracked inbound and outbound state moves since 1977 with its annual National Movers Study, but…

Thinking of Skimping on The Inspection? Here Are a Few Shocking Reasons Not to

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | May 26, 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.” In the competitive Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market, it’s hard to be picky when it comes to asking for repairs. As a home buyer competing against…

The New York Stunner That Might Have You In Deep

By Adlene Neely Dealey | May 26, 2021 |

Our New York pad for this week’s Wednesday WTF reminds me of this date I had once. Guys, he was dreamy. He was a gentleman. He knew how to make a souffle from scratch (both literally and euphemistically). But one day, we did laundry together, and I discovered that he used fabric softener for everything.…