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Explore These Spooky Spots in WalletHub’s 5 Best Texas Cities for Halloween

By Shelby Skrhak | October 25, 2018 |

There’s a ranking for everything nowadays, and that suits us just fine, as WalletHub named Irving and Plano among the top 20 cities nationwide for celebrating Halloween. The personal finance website compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across 20 key metrics, ranging from candy and chocolate stores per capita to average price per Halloween party…

MetroTex Alerts Realtors to NTREIS Phishing Scam

By CandysDirt | October 24, 2018 |

After agents began getting emails alerting them that someone had attempted to log in to their North Texas Real Estate Information System (or NTREIS) accounts, the MetroTex Association of Realtors warned its members. The message some received said, “We were notified of a log in attempt on your account from El Paso, TX. This may…

Enjoy Fright in The Heights With This North Edgefield Prairie-Style Home

By Joanna England | October 24, 2018 |

If you’ve ever wondered why Winnetka Heights is so popular, making a visit to the neighborhood around Halloween will make you a believer. “I remember when I first moved in my Winnetka Heights home, I thought a couple of bags of candy would cut it,” said Compass agent Crystal Gonzalez. “I was so wrong and…

Oh Hey This Abandoned Villa On a Bridgeless Island Isn’t Creepy At All

By Bethany Erickson | October 24, 2018 |

So next week is Halloween, and this week over at CandysDirt.com, we’ve been looking at homes that are in great neighborhoods for trick or treating, or that address some scary part of home ownership. In keeping with that theme, the Wednesday WTF got creepy. OK, sure, we get creepy all the damned time. All. The.…

Dallas May Get Nice Things: FAB Studio

By Jon Anderson | October 24, 2018 |

I give Dallas grief for building a lot (A LOT) of bad, boring architecture. For those following my train of thought, there’s the semi-regular series Why Can’t Dallas Have Nice Things where I feature international architects who do great work but who have never worked in Dallas. Well, last week I met with the Frank…

Note to Self: Never Buy Along an Expressway and Think the Trees Will Stay Forever

By Candy Evans | October 24, 2018 |

By now you have probably heard that about 100 trees will be chopped down in North Dallas, trees that line the Dallas North Tollway on the eastern side from Forest Lane north for about a half mile to Harvest Hill Road. All sorts of varieties, too, pines, live oaks — good trees. For 30 years…