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Yesterday morning, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved its first housing policy aimed at addressing affordable housing. It took a while, but we’ve finally put on our big boy pants. You may recall back in January the city rolled out a Market Value Analysis that measured housing across Dallas to map the varying levels of…
The right renovations have the power to transform a house from dated to darling. We’ve found just such an example in Lake Highlands, where an open floorplan and sleek updates have transformed a 1974 home into real eye candy. Our Thursday Three Hundred at 11029 McCree Rd. hits all the high notes with clean lines, lots…
Whenever property taxes are spoken about, residential usually gets the most ink. The reason is simple. The commercial market offers a fraction of the data available to a residential assessor. In the residential world, similar homes are typically clustered together, placing them in the same valuation realm. There aren’t a lot of crackerboxes on Strait…
Mother’s Day weekend once again brings the Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour. The annual tradition began in 1974, the same year that the neighborhood was named Dallas’ first residential historic area. “Dallas has so few historic areas. I think there is a uniqueness to this home tour because there’s so much history involved with…
I am fully on board with the $80 billion driverless car industry. Last weekend, I was almost creamed by a speeding black Mercedes whose driver ignored the stop sign at Park Lane and Douglas in Old Preston Hollow. (There are four.) Fortunately, I waited and thusly avoided a wreck. I also spent 2 hours on…
I may be in the minority on this view, but it thrills me to see beautiful, well-done, modern and contemporary homes dotting the landscapes that are awash in old ranches and clapboard homes. It adds texture to a neighborhood, showing how our collective tastes have evolved over time. Of course, North Oak Cliff has just…
