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Enjoy French Country Estate Living in Forest Hills

By Karen Eubank | September 2, 2025 |

It’s the rare owner that treats landscape as exterior finish-out, coordinating the colors and ensuring every season offers a different type of beauty. That is, however, exactly what happened when this stately French country estate was being built. It was sited well back from the street in a landscape that was meticulously planned to offer…

North Texas Cities Make Up Half of Top 10 Best Real Estate Markets

By Charles Grand | September 2, 2025 |

A recent ranking of the best real estate markets in the United States has five North Texas cities in its top 10, a strong showing by D-FW as it further cements its place as a premier metro. What makes a local real estate market one of the best, you may ask? Well, according to WalletHub,…

TCU Horned Frogs Need to Tackle This Fort Worth Tudor

By Joy Donovan | September 2, 2025 |

Riff, ram, bah, zoo. Lickety, lickety, zoo, zoo! You Texas Christian University Horned Frogs know what that means, I guess. The rest of us just sit in the stands, wondering what it’s about. The Frog faithful who understand fearing the frog and loving purple should pay attention to the house on the market at 2516…

History Lovers Will Love This Lovingly Restored Craftsman Home in Georgetown

By Mimi Perez | September 2, 2025 |

Georgetown is the city for Texans who love history and love caring for historic homes. If you are one of those special people who have a calling for restoring and preserving beautiful architecture, then look no further. Known for its incredible Victorian architecture, city leaders realized what a gem they had during the 1970s. That…

Downsizing Diaries: The Hard Work of Letting Go

By Candy Evans | September 1, 2025 |

It’s Labor Day, and while most folks are firing up the grill or at least taking in a movie to beat the rain, I’m deeply entrenched in the three P’s where I have been buried for months — purging, packing, panicking. Gave the editors the day off, too, not just for the holiday but because…

SB 840 Goes Into Effect, Limits Municipal Zoning Authority

By Charles Grand | September 1, 2025 |

A new Texas housing law targeting big cities allows developers to build multifamily on commercially zoned land by right, and it’s now in effect. While more apartments will go up that maybe wouldn’t otherwise, municipalities like Dallas are losing zoning authority over where and how those projects will be built. Senate Bill 840 was one…