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Affordability, Family Friendliness Drives Watauga’s Popularity

By Bethany Erickson | October 21, 2018 |

Watauga, a suburb of Fort Worth, is hot. How hot? On average, homes in Watauga sell in 15 days — in fact, Realtor.com recently said that’s three percent faster than last year, and about 50 percent faster than homes in the rest of the country. So for our inaugural Suburb Sunday, we decided to take…

Little Rock’s Historic Villa Marre Has Recent Designing Past

By Bethany Erickson | October 21, 2018 |

In the Candy’s Media Group family, there’s at least one person with a special place in her heart for the sitcom Designing Women (maybe specifically, Julia Sugarbaker, but that’s neither here nor there). So that one person may have gotten very excited when the historic Villa Marre in Little Rock went on the market. Why?…

Hip Million Dollar Stunner In West Highland Denver

By Amy Puchaty | October 21, 2018 |

So you have a million dollars to burn and want to invest in Denver real estate but not sure where to start? You could put an offer in on a chic downtown Denver loft with historic pedigree circa 1905 in the heart of the city. Or you could head east, to Park Hill, for a…

From Facebook: What Do You Do With an Uncooperative Seller?

By Bethany Erickson | October 20, 2018 |

This week’s Friday Question had its genesis in a conundrum we faced here at CandysDirt — we found a local listing that was quite well, not conducive to good marketing of a home, to put it delicately. At the time, we talked amongst ourselves about why the photos in the listing may have looked the…

Renovated Modern Contemporary Benefits From Acclaimed Mark Ashby Touch

By Bethany Erickson | October 20, 2018 |

Austin-based designer Mark Ashby has a reputation for creating wow-worthy interiors, whether he’s working on a Montana ranch or a sleek, modern city loft. And our Saturday Seven Hundred this week is a home that definitely got the benefit of that impeccable eye. Realtor and designer Paige Poupart told us that her initial walkthrough of…

Dallas ISD Trustees Make Unusual Move to Reassure TRE Voters

By Bethany Erickson | October 20, 2018 |

In a bid to reassure voters, Dallas ISD trustees took the unusual move adopting a resolution that pledges to spend the first projected surplus a tax ratification election, or TRE , could produce on specific initiatives, including one that strategically increases employee salaries. But the move was not without a lot of debate.   Trustee…