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Title Tip: Voice of The Title Agent Survey Shows Industry’s Top Concerns

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | April 9, 2019 |

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor The “2019 Voice of the Title Agent” is hot off the presses from The Title Report. This annual survey gives an idea of how folks in the title business are doing and their outlook for the coming year. The study covers a variety of topics related to the state of…

Tarrant County Taxes: Something’s Gotta Give

By Seth Fowler | April 9, 2019 |

    According to a recent report from CoreLogic, home prices in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex increased by nearly 4 percent from February 2018 to February 2019. In the State of Texas, Fort Worth took home first prize as the municipality where home prices increased the most during that span with 5.7 percent increase.  Not a…

Get Ready for the 28th Annual Hollywood Heights Home Tour

By Karen Eubank | April 9, 2019 |

  How does a four-day weekend of partying sound? Get ready because the legendary Hollywood Heights Home Tour is changing a few things up, and pulling out all the stops this year. Hollywood Heights is an eclectic East Dallas conservation district neighborhood. It is well known for having one of the largest collections of stone-embellished…

A Study in Courtyards With This Luxurious Santa Barbara Estate in Preston Hollow

By Karen Eubank | April 8, 2019 |

“A courtyard, to me, is the best thing in life,” architect David Stocker said. “It’s an intimate space. It’s not quite inside the house, but it’s part of the house.” The culture of the courtyard is what inspired Stocker to design this luxurious Santa Barbara estate in Preston Hollow for Jane and Mike Nicolais. Courtyards…

Haute And Historic Homes That’ll Knock Your Socks Off

By Amy Puchaty | April 8, 2019 |

For those who want something haute and historic, this week’s Splurge vs. Steal is for you. We located two historic Oak Cliff beauties that are perfectly priced and both have interiors that are hot, hot, hot! The only difference? Exactly $99K stands between the two. Which is more you, the Craftsman cutie Splurge or the single-story…

Adult Children Are Still Living at Home in Dallas — But It’s Worse Elsewhere

By Bethany Erickson | April 8, 2019 |

Where did Dallas fall in a study of adult children living at home with their parents? What cities will dominate new home construction this year? What did housing sales look like in February? We have all this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news.