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These Three $1.7 Million-Plus Colleyville Homes Have Unique Gems Inside

By Shelby Skrhak | December 16, 2018 |

Typically for Suburb Sunday, we highlight homes within three different price ranges, or three distinctly different parts of the city to show a slice of life there. This week’s Suburb Sunday is a little bit different because we chose three $1.7 million-plus homes for their unique architectural or design elements that make them one-of-a-kind. Ladies…

Renovated North Pole Home Perfect for Santa Watching

By Bethany Erickson | December 16, 2018 |

As we count down to mere single digits before Christmas Day, what better town to visit than North Pole, Alaska, where we’ve found a renovated Midcentury cabin surrounded by trees? That’s right, North Pole. Now, purists will say that the town, with a population of a little more than 2,000, just 14 miles southeast of…

Health Insurance Impacts Timely Rent, Mortgage Payments, Report Says

By Bethany Erickson | December 15, 2018 |

It’s not unusual to see GoFundMe or other crowdfunding efforts for someone who, facing a catastrophic health crisis, can’t afford to pay their rent or mortgage. But until now, those incidents remained anecdotal. But a study released this year by Emily A. Gallagher, Radhakrishnan Gopalan, and Michal Grinstein-Weis, professors and researchers at the University of…

Charming Tudor on Mistletoe Drive Could Be Ho-Ho-Home

By Bethany Erickson | December 15, 2018 |

Our Saturday Six Hundred for this week was an obvious choice — and not just because it happens to sit on Mistletoe Drive in historic Hollywood Heights-Santa Monica neighborhood. It’s also because it’s a charming Tudor that has only been on the market two times in its history — which is remarkable because it was…

Temperate Climate, Temperate Prices Makes Mesa a Retirement Hotspot

By Bethany Erickson | December 15, 2018 |

Editor’s Note: Recently, MoneyWise revealed its list of the 40 most frugal and friendly places to retire. In a bid to provide an idea of what housing inventory is available in these cities and towns, we’re taking a look at listings in each of the cities on the list. Not everyone can spend $1 million…

Enchanting Architect-Designed Modern Spread on Encanto Drive

By Eric Prokesh | December 15, 2018 |

I can’t think of a more apposite address for the captivating, architect build than Encanto Drive. Embedded in a near full-acre lot in Westcliff West, 3701 Encanto Drive presents a discreet modern face to the street. Built in the year 2000 by the firm Shwarz-Hanson, the apparently modern composition employs a pared-down classical vocabulary. Two near symmetrical wings…