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Waterfront Lake Austin Home Is Definitely Feline Fine

By Adlene Neely Dealey | March 31, 2021 |

If you have $5.5 million in American dollars or bitcoin, you can have this waterfront Lake Austin home that includes a shaman and a feline touch, according to the listing for the property, which is for-sale-by-owner. And y’all, this is the fizziest FSBO that ever FSBO’d, making it a perfect option for the Wednesday WTF.…

Dallas, Fort Worth Don’t Always Get Love in Livability Rankings

By Tommy Cummings | March 31, 2021 |

Once again, Dallas-Fort Worth’s suburbs earned high rankings in a liveability list. In Niche’s recent rankings of its 2021 Best Cities to Live in America, Dallas and Fort Worth didn’t exactly dominate. Dallas ranked 84th out of 228 cities. Fort Worth ranked 115th. Conversely, Plano ranked seventh and Richardson 12th. Irving is 41st, Denton 54th,…

Get Some Miami Vibes Right in Addison

By Daniel Hightower Smith | March 30, 2021 |

Tucked just off Montfort Road in Addison lies a sprawling slab of South Beach vibes. The recently-updated modern home on Celestial Road is packed with amenities: generous square footage, separate guest quarters, and a lovely backyard pool that’s large enough to tempt you to try a Jet Ski in it. “The flow of the home…

Lisa Sievers: We Can Make Short-Term Rentals Work For Everyone in Dallas

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | March 30, 2021 |

By Lisa SieversSpecial Contributor Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold quickly cut to the heart of the matter during the City of Dallas Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee last week: “The big issue here for us is that of property rights,” the Dallas City Council representative for District 4 said. The committee met on March…

A Cherished Stone Tudor in Beckley Club Estates Sells in Seconds, Flat

By Nikki Barringer | March 30, 2021 |

Oh Beckley Club Estates, why are you breaking so many hearts? Today’s heartbreaker is on Seevers, one of the loveliest little streets in all of Beckley Club Estates. It’s a house that hasn’t been on the market in 22 years and the reluctance to leave is palpable. I mean, the owner is going on to…

Zoomers Represent Twice the State Average of Renters in This North Texas City

By Tommy Cummings | March 30, 2021 |

It makes sense. Denton is the second-ranked Texas city of choice and 12th-ranked nationally by the percentage of Generation Zoomer renters, according to a RENTCafé analysis. Denton is home to the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University. The city is the very definition of a college town with a dynamic music, arts, and…