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Incredibly Updated Historic Craftsman Two Blocks From Lower Greenville

By Bethany Erickson | March 15, 2019 |

If you’re a newcomer to Dallas, you may not know that there are two sections of Greenville inside the loop of LBJ  — one that starts roughly at Mockingbird Lane and goes north, and Lower Greenville, which is generally the southern end of Greenville. If you hit Munger, you’ve gone too far. Why do we…

CandysDirt, Sub-Zero Host Panel Discussion on Builder Innovation

By CandysDirt | March 15, 2019 |

We talk a lot about disruption and innovation here at CandysDirt.com, largely in the realm of the real estate business. But we also know that the same dynamic takes place in the building and design world as well. Who are the disruptors and innovators in the building world? How do you build change into your…

Dallas Builders Association State of the Industry Summit Set for March 26

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | March 15, 2019 |

From the Dallas Builders Association The State of the Industry Summit, presented by Zillow Group, will feature NAHB CEO Jerry Howard, Metrostudy Regional Director Paige Shipp and Zillow Group Insights Director Mary Kaye O’Brien. The Summit, will be held on Tuesday, March 26 from 9 a.m. (doors open at 8:30) until 11:30 a.m. at Venue…

Lake Highlands Remodel Turns Heads For $560,000

By Amy Puchaty | March 15, 2019 |

Our Friday Five Hundred is so hot, it received a contingent offer before we could publish this post! And we think it’s before-and-after photos are worth sharing. In fact, since Kylah Boyd with Texas Urban Living Realty listed 10621 Ferndale Road, it has garnered lots of attention. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,700 square foot home with…

The New Green: From Energy-Efficient to Self-Sufficient Homes

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | March 15, 2019 |

By Deb R. Brimer Contributing Writer Jimmy Tanghongs – president and CEO of The New Modern Home in Plano – is reinventing green homebuilding. Instead of following the industry flow and building traditional energy-efficient houses, he’s forging his own path by developing the nation’s first neighborhood of self-sufficient homes.

Virtual Staging: When Reality Is Too Real For Buyers

By Jon Anderson | March 15, 2019 |

Every show on HGTV ends with the glamor walk-through where the paint’s fresh and professional stagers have airlifted a lifestyle no one actually lives into place. Tears flow. Have you ever seen the revisit shows?  They don’t show them too often because how people actually live is far, far from photogenic. Crimson walls and gold…