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Toll Brothers Oak Lawn Project Waits While Kingston Delays

By Jon Anderson | August 24, 2017 |

Yesterday’s Dallas City Council meeting saw Toll Brothers present their project that has wound its way for 18 months through the Oak Lawn Committee, an Oak Lawn Committee sub-committee, and back to the Oak Lawn Committee before last month being unanimously passed by City Plan Commission. Throughout, we’ve seen various arguments against the project thrown…

Coveted East Dallas Street Features Casa Linda Cutie on Over 1/3 Acre

By Leah Shafer | August 24, 2017 |

Located near Garland Road and North Buckner Boulevard in Casa Linda, the home at 9207 Forest Hills Blvd. sits on a 0.39-acre corner lot and is cute as can be. This is our Thursday Three Hundred and it’s recently updated and walking distance to the Dallas Arboretum and White Rock Lake. Fabulous!  This home has three…

Dallas-Based Real Estate Tech Start-Up HipPocket Folds After Two Years in The Fray

By Joanna England | August 23, 2017 |

  We got tipped off by a reader that HipPocket, the tech start-up brought to the market by pioneering broker Clay Stapp and his business partner, James Bohan-Pitt, will soon close. In a message to users and clients of the site, Stapp and Bohan-Pitt said that the company, which was launched give agents and brokers…

On MidlandDirt.com: Wednesday WTF, The We Are Very Afraid of Ghosts Edition

By Bethany Erickson | August 23, 2017 |

Over on sister site MidlandDirt.com, our Wednesday WTF features this Mineral Wells home. The house description for the listing made it an instant pick — and if you like fighting ghosts, this one’s for you.

Dallas ISD’s Needs Won’t Disappear, But You Can Help

By Bethany Erickson | August 23, 2017 |

The daunting needs that face Dallas ISD teachers won’t disappear — not after this legislative session, where lawmakers made it clear public education wasn’t a priority. But what can we do? As I mentioned Monday, the Dallas ISD school board could not come to a supermajority on any of the Tax Ratification Election options proposed,…

Deere Park Contemporary Urban Townhome Has Style For Miles

By Joanna England | August 23, 2017 |

As teardowns in the increasingly dense East Village area create new opportunities for urban infill, more and more award-winning architects are designing new riffs on the classic townhome structure. This particular project — the Deere Street Residences — was designed by Dallas-based FAR+DANG Architecture and is a particularly beautiful example.  We’re thrilled to feature this listing…