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Own a Sprawling Vintage Home That’s a Big Moneymaker Too

By Daniel Hightower Smith | March 10, 2021 |

Teresa Costa of David Griffin & Company Realtors has this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters at Caliber Home Loans. Avondale Ave, one of interior Dallas’s main thoroughfares, used to be called Ruskin and it’s where Dallas planted one of its first commuter neighborhoods. This being 100 years ago, it’s…

Modern Tudor Duplex in East Dallas That Pushes The Envelope in All The Right Ways

By Karen Eubank | March 10, 2021 |

If you love Tudor homes as much as I do but crave a modern home, I’m happy to say those two desires are combined in this new East Dallas duplex with modern Tudor styling. These are so cool they blew off the market instantly. One is pending, and the other contingent. But hey, you can…

The Grass (And The Carpet) Are Greener in Vermont

By Adlene Neely Dealey | March 10, 2021 |

Sometimes, as frequent Wednesday WTF readers know, we find a house that looks very lovely and normal from the curb – like the Vermont home we are going to take a gander at this week. This home was built just shortly after the Revolutionary War, which is what happened the first time people in America…

Sky High Lumber Prices Are About Supply (And Demand)

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | March 10, 2021 |

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association Make no mistake, residential construction has largely thrived despite the COVID-induced disruptions and despair that have crippled so many other industries. Fueled by record-low mortgage rates and demand induced by the newfound importance of home, all of the ingredients are there for 2021 to set an all-time…

Southlake, Fort Worth Design Companies Collect Magazine Awards

By Tommy Cummings | March 10, 2021 |

Three design companies each picked up two awards in Fort Worth Magazine’s home edition 2021 Design Awards.

Title Tip: Do You Have Any Idea About Your ID?

By Lydia Blair | March 9, 2021 |

Have you heard the one about the good ole boy who was asked if he had any ID? His response: About what? When signing documents to transfer real estate in Texas, all signers are required to present an acceptable form (or forms) of identification. While that might seem like a simple request, it can become…