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Briggs Says He’s ‘Proud’ of New Affiliation with Amazon TurnKey

By Bethany Erickson | July 25, 2019 |

You can order groceries, arrange for a house cleaning or handyman, do all your school supply shopping, and try on clothes before you buy them on Amazon. And now the nearly ubiquitous company has dipped its toe into the real estate world with a new collaboration with Realogy Holdings. And if that doesn’t sound familiar,…

Island-inspired living in Kapalua Bay

By CandysDirt | July 25, 2019 |

Realtor Brandon Stewart Lists Personal Midcentury Modern Home And It’s Incredible

By Joanna England | July 24, 2019 |

There are a handful of Dallas real estate agents that specialize in Midcentury Modern homes, and Brandon Stewart is one of them. Never willing to just preach to the choir about this architectural style and its ability to nimbly transform, Stewart practiced what he was preaching when he purchased his home in Highland Meadows, a…

Steel Toe Stiletto Kicks Life Into Aging Munger Place Home

By Joshua Baethge | July 24, 2019 |

In the mid-1940s, not long after World War II ended, a woman moved into the Munger Place home at 710 Dumas Street. Her two sisters lived on the same block.  She would remain there seven decades until leaving for an assisted living facility last year. When she moved out, the 1921-built home still had many…

The One Where They Just Say ‘Screw It’ And Buy a Compound

By Bethany Erickson | July 24, 2019 |

I haven’t been single in quite some time, but I’m sure anyone who has can remember the horrific strings of dates, the bad breakups, and other lackluster interactions with the opposite sex that had you (often with the help of Jim, Jose, Jack, Evan, Captain Morgan, or Stoli) declaring that you were giving it all…

Two Federal Home Loan Bank Execs Plead Guilty During Trial

By Bethany Erickson | July 24, 2019 |

On what would have been the sixth day of their trial on federal charges for conspiring to lie to the government-sponsored financial institution, two former Federal Home Loan Bank-Dallas executives reversed course and pleaded guilty to the charges. Terence Carlyle Smith, former FHLB – Dallas President, and Nancy B. Parker, former Chief Information Officer, both…