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Low Key Irwin Street Façade Conceals Spacious Living

By Eric Prokesh | August 17, 2018 |

Things aren’t necessarily what they appear at street level.  From the corner of Irwin Street and Forest Park, 2301 Irwin Street appears to be just the sort of charming, one-story Craftsman-style bungalow one would expect to find in Mistletoe Heights. I continue to marvel at the variety of venerable Near Southside neighborhoods — Berkley, Park…

Dallas-Based JP & Associates Rates on INC 5000 Fastest Growing US Companies — AGAIN!

By Candy Evans | August 17, 2018 |

They must be doing something very, very right over at JP & Associates REALTORS (JPAR). For the second consecutive year, JP & Associates REALTORS® has been ranked on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America. Inc. Magazine revealed this week that JP & Associates REALTORS® is No. 746 on its 37th…

Karel Schweitzer Comes Home to Ebby Halliday

By Joshua Baethge | August 17, 2018 |

Karel Schweitzer returns Ebby Halliday Realtors after three years with Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Dallas.  She will be based in the Flower Mound/Lewisville office. “For me it was a good time to move forward in a different direction,” Schweitzer said. “I’m kind of going back home again.”

Plano Collinwood House Could Move Next Month to Future Haggard Development

By Shelby Skrhak | August 17, 2018 |

The Plano Collinwood House could move as soon as September to its new preservation spot as the new owners make plans for the 19th century home. And while very preliminary, those plans could include mixed-use development along the Dallas North Tollway with retail, high-density housing, and the Collinwood House as its unique centerpiece, Clint Haggard tells CandysDirt.com.…

Yes, You Can Find Great Homes in Great Dallas ISD Attendance Zones

By Bethany Erickson | August 17, 2018 |

For the past two years, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate has tasked me with finding great neighborhoods around some schools that might be more unfamiliar to buyers who traditionally look around the Lakewood, Rosemont, Stonewall Jackson (now Mockingbird Elementary), and Withers elementary schools when they want a home in Dallas ISD. The great news is that…

Dallas ISD Board Places 13-cent TRE on November Ballot

By Bethany Erickson | August 17, 2018 |

It took three tries, but a 13-cent Tax Ratification Election (TRE) was passed by the Dallas ISD board of trustees in a special called meeting Thursday night. The vote (which was seven for, one against, and one absent) will place a measure that will increase the district’s maintenance and operating tax rate from $1.04 to…