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Kelly Perkins: The Government Shutdown, Our Lives Haven’t

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | October 29, 2025 |

By Kelly PerkinsSpecial Contributor, Novēm Wealth As the federal government shutdown stretches beyond a month, the human cost is real: thousands of essential workers furloughed; families strained without paychecks, all amid partisan gridlock. This isn’t working for the country. Americans work to support our families, entrepreneurs tighten budgets to succeed and grow. Message to Washington: Cease…

Conjured Minnesota Home Makes for a Perfect Cult Compound Complete with Portals

By Mimi Perez | October 29, 2025 |

“Some homes are built, others are conjured,” is the opening line to the description of the house featured in this week’s column. “Conjured?” Does anyone really want to live in a house that was conjured? That doesn’t sound appealing. Who did this conjuring, and why didn’t they just go to an architect like normal, rational…

A Look Inside the Southlake Estate That Set Records at a Hong Kong Auction

By Shelby Skrhak | October 28, 2025 |

Southlake just claimed a new record in North Texas luxury real estate. The Reid Gonterman Group with Ebby Halliday Realtors represented the buyer in the $14.224 million sale of 1469 Sunshine Lane at auction — officially the most expensive residential sale ever recorded in both Southlake and Tarrant County, according to NTREIS MLS. The 31,234-square-foot…

David Schwarte’s Texas-Sized Fight To Preserve Single-Family Neighborhoods

By Charles Grand | October 28, 2025 |

The notion of small government and local control has animated Texas politics for generations, but those days increasingly seem long gone. And when it comes to single-family neighborhoods, each new legislative session brings a slew of bad bills, at least according to the Texas Neighborhood Coalition. A veteran corporate attorney in the airline and tech…

Retail Hellos and Goodbyes Happening in Fort Worth

By Joy Donovan | October 28, 2025 |

Doors are opening, while other doors have closed in Fort Worth, where there’s a lot on the business scene to keep up with. Keeping up with it, well, it can keep you on your toes. Some of us are tickled absolutely pink that Lilly Pulitzer has opened its golden doors at The Shops at Clearfork…

A Magnificent Old Preston Hollow Mediterranean Mansion Has Been Transformed!

By Karen Eubank | October 27, 2025 |

One of the most important things a seller can do is listen to their Realtor. I cannot emphasize this enough, especially when you have a significant luxury property like this gorgeous Preston Hollow Mediterranean mansion. Candy wrote about it in 2014, calling it one of the most beautiful homes in Dallas. It’s even better now,…