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Ready to build a custom home or your dream second shelter? It seems that now is the time to buy. According to a report by the Texas Association of Realtors, small land sales are booming across the Lone Star State as prices experienced a slight drop in 2016. And we do mean slight. The average…
Naturally, we love old homes that have been lovingly restored, and the North Oak Cliff neighborhood of Winnetka Heights has a hefty sum of them. Though our adoration for endless original millwork knows no bounds, we realize that it’s not for everyone. This home, a recently reduced listing from David Griffin & Co. Realtor Crystal…
Last week I got to thinking about flooding in southern Preston Hollow, particularly behind the Pink Wall and Northwest Highway … and it struck me. There was a solution to area flooding staring us in the face since March. Preston Place condominiums lot. You see, currently we all know existing drainage can’t handle large, fast…
More of a good thing’s on the way: Cinnamon Shore, one of Texas’ most charming beach communities, has just announced a $1.3 billion, 300-acre expansion. We’ve been following the master-planned beach development in Port Aransas on a 19-mile barrier island off the Texas Coast since inception. Homeowners and rental guests there enjoy beachfront access, parks, interior lakes,…
By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association Everyone loves trees, so why are they so controversial? They are the focus of years of back and forth in the Texas legislature and the subject of intense debate at several city halls and neighborhood meetings in the Dallas area. It may come as a surprise to…
My headline is a riff on yesterday’s Jim Schutze piece over at the Observer titled, “Flying Monkeys Shield State Fair Contract Just When it Should Be Set on Fire.” If last year’s citywide kerfuffle about the Fair Park sweetheart deal Mayor Rawlings tried to give pal Walt Humann, complete with a $20 million per year…
