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Bluffview: Forever Homes For the Famous, and For You

By Karen Eubank | June 9, 2016 |

The saying around Dallas is that when you move to Bluffview, you move to your forever home. Don Henley, founding member of the Eagles, and Kay Bailey Hutchinson, former senator of Texas, have certainly found forever homes in the neighborhood, so you’ll be in great company if you’re lucky enough to nab 4500 Bluffview Boulevard. Listed…

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France Invades Preston Hollow TOMORROW

By Jon Anderson | June 8, 2016 |

As I write this, Adrian Leeds, HGTV hostess for House Hunters International is making her way to Dallas for a special evening in a special Preston Hollow property hosted by Candysdirt.com and Versailles, Inc. builders. If HGTV and luxurious Dallas real estate are your guilty pleasures, you’ll be able to combine the two Thursday night. …

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Meticulously Renovated Midcentury Modern on Mayflower

By Joanna England | June 8, 2016 |

When architect and city councilman Vernon Smith built this Oak Cliff home in 1949, much of the features were revolutionary for the time. A double carport worked well for the growing number of two-car households. The windows and lines were clean and angular. The floorplan allowed for movement throughout the space with relative ease. And that…

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Being Nosy: Mayor Rawlings and A.C. Gonzalez Fighting Dallas County Property Taxes

By Candy Evans | June 8, 2016 |

When it comes to real estate, I am the nosiest. Especially on Dallas County property taxes. Last week, we looked at Dallas County Tax Assessor John Ames. I noticed he had a dramatically lowered value on his DeSoto home. He had, of course, a perfectly good (really, a terrible) excuse for having that lower value:…

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Chasing Amy’s Dream Home with Ebby Halliday

By Candy Evans | June 8, 2016 |

Amy Vanderoef is a well-known personality to DFW. She is best known from her role as the Emmy-nominated host on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas and on-air talent on the Rodney Anderson Show on Talk Radio 1190 AM. Her television career has taken her everywhere from the set of Dancing with the Stars, to ABC’s The…

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Why is the FBI Evidence Response Team Searching Turtle Creek in Front of Troy Aikman’s New Home?

By Candy Evans | June 8, 2016 |

  Sources tell me that for two days now a team of well-muscled FBI agents have been searching the waters of Turtle Creek in front of his $4 million lot on St. Johns, the one he bought in October of 2013. The Bureau has recently adding 10 more divers. Are they looking for evidence? If…

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