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Dallas Builders Association Hosts Candy Today For Luncheon, Talk on Real Estate Blogging

By Joanna England | August 24, 2016 |

The Metro North division of the Dallas Builders Association is hosting our dear publisher, Candy Evans, for a luncheon today followed by an interesting and fun talk on real estate blogging. If you’ve never seen Candy in person, today’s your chance to hear all of the great dirt on Dallas real estate! We at CandysDirt.com…

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Midcentury Split-Level in Lochwood Features Clean Lines and Open Kitchen

By Joanna England | August 24, 2016 |

In 1962, Clint Murchison Jr. still owned the Dallas Cowboys, who still played in the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park with Tom Landry at the helm. Don Meredith was quarterback, and Pettis Norman was tight end. In that same year, this house in Lochwood was built. Now decades later, these men are all household names…

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Bionic Alpine House With 50 foot Master Closet Brings Colorado Clean Beams to North Dallas

By Candy Evans | August 24, 2016 |

An “O” House is a home so fabulous you have to drop whatever you are doing (yeah, even that) or holding, including your nail file, to look! I am sort of on a roll here with doctor’s houses. “O”h my; another physician’s dream castle. The compulsion to building perfection here is almost Freudian. Well of…

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Tax Dollars at Work? Councilwoman Tiffinni Young Sued by Daughter of Dog Attack Victim

By Candy Evans | August 23, 2016 |

Matisha Ward is the daughter of Antoinette Brown, the poor woman who was mauled to death in the city of Dallas by a pack of wild dogs in south Dallas last May 9. While her poor mother was on life support, Dallas City Councilwoman Tiffini Young, who represents the Fair park neighborhood, contacted her and…

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BREAKING: Pink Wall Dominos Fall, Diplomat and Royal Orleans Approve Sale to Developers

By Jon Anderson | August 23, 2016 |

Forget the plan the Preston Center Task Force is cooking up.  Last night it was disclosed that owners of the Diplomat and Royal Orleans condominiums have voted unanimously to accept an offer to sell their complexes to a developer. The identity of the buyer and the development plans are unknown (by me). Update: Wednesday afternoon,…

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Dallas Builders Association Hosts Best in the Business for 2016 ARC Awards

By Jon Anderson | August 23, 2016 |

The Dallas Builders Association’s annual ARC awards sent me north to the Westin Galleria on Saturday night.  Amazingly, our recent rains didn’t hamper any glamorous (and dry) entrances and exits. It’s my second year attending this fab ‘do and I try not to take their “no jeans, khakis, shorts” admonition personally. Before we jump to…

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