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Dallas-Fort Worth Tops List of Best Cities for STEM Jobs

By Bethany Erickson | May 20, 2019 |

Dallas-Fort Worth is at the top of a list ranking the best cities for science, technology, engineering, and math jobs, the new home market is percolating in DFW, and we find out where North Texas falls in a look at underwater mortgages and home equity, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Dallas-Fort…

Room for Hope: Georgetown Gem Once Home to Heiress

By CandysDirt | May 20, 2019 |

Hear from Allie Beth Allman

By CandysDirt | May 19, 2019 |

There’s Affordable Lakeside Living in Little Elm

By Shelby Skrhak | May 19, 2019 |

Little Elm is known as one of the oldest towns in Denton County, but most of its residents and infrastructure arrived only in the past decade. In the year 2000, Little Elm had a population of 3,600. Ten years later, Little Elm had 26,000 residents. And nowadays, put that number at 46,000 residents living in…

Sacred Spaces: What Do You Do With an Empty Church?

By Bethany Erickson | May 19, 2019 |

It all started in a Facebook group: Someone asked about the status of the now-dormant Oak Cliff United Methodist Church in a group devoted to Dallas history. “Anybody know what’s going on with this place?” the group member asked. “I’ve been driving by it daily on the way to my school and just watching it…

Juicing the Numbers: How Much Do Texans Pay for Electricity?

By CandysDirt | May 19, 2019 |

As the mercury begins to rise, we all begin to think about our electricity bills. But how much per kilowatt hour do Texans pay? And how does that compare across the country? One data website created heat maps to illustrate just that. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Americans spend about 12.7 cents per…