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Charles Dilbeck Jewel Of Bluffview Estates To Host Patron Party

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | October 17, 2018 |

  By Donovan Westover Special Contributor The 1935 Walton House has always perched on the center of its vast Bluffview Estates lot, the landscape and grounds cascading down around it with a natural flow. Carol and James Walton selected a huge lot in Bluffview for their impressive 1930s home. At the time, Walton owned and…

Dallas Architecture Forum Welcomes Klyde Warren Park Pavillion Architect Thomas Phifer

By Shelby Skrhak | October 17, 2018 |

Thomas Phifer has been called the “master of meticulous modernism,” whose work ranges from the Corning Museum in New York, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, and the San Francisco corporate headquarters for LinkedIn, to Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park Pavilion and Rachofsky House. The New York City-based architect will be in Dallas to…

How the “Elephant House” on Mockingbird Lane Helped a Nine Year Old Little Girl Feel So Much Better

By Candy Evans | October 17, 2018 |

You never, ever know who is going to see the front of your house, how they will experience it. For the most part, we treat the front of our homes, the famous “drive-up appeal”, with incredible care, especially if the home is being marketed for sale. Some homeowners always take pride in their home’s outside…

MERS and ICE: Modernization Without Regulation Increases Housing Crash Risk

By Jon Anderson | October 17, 2018 |

Remember the Great Recession and resulting cascade of foreclosures that exposed lax mortgage practices highlighted by the poster-child of “robo-signing”? At the center of it all was MERSCORP Holdings, Inc., and their confusingly-named MERS System and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Earlier this month, Intercontinental Exchange (the other ICE) acquired the remaining minority stake in…

On SecondShelters.com: Oahu Is Calling Your Name!

By Amy Puchaty | October 16, 2018 |

Off-the-beaten-path beaches, tranquil turquoise waters, epic surfing, and an island steeped in historical culture — these are but a few reasons why Oahu, Hawaii, is calling your name! The third largest Hawaiian island is the cross-section of ancient and modern, complete with bustling night life and mellow surfer towns. With five different regions — from…

East Dallas Charmer Perfectly Priced for First-Time Buyers

By Bethany Erickson | October 16, 2018 |

It’s not often you find an East Dallas home with four bedrooms and two baths for less than $250,000, which is why Lauri Ann Hanson with Dave-Perry Miller InTown knew to alert us that she had what she calls “a unicorn.” And that unicorn, which is located on 11336 Quail Run St., was a perfect…