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University Park Traditional is Both Elegant and Livable

By Karen Eubank | May 25, 2017 |

Some houses just seem to have it all, and boy, are we lucky when they hit the market. Our Inwood Home of the Week at 3708 Greenbrier is a stunning University Park traditional with transitional influences. It was pretty flawless when it was built in 2013, but the present owners took it a step further,…

Zillow Instant Offers: How Long Before We Sell Houses Online?

By Candy Evans | May 25, 2017 |

By now you have called in to refill your Xanex Rx after learning that Zillow is not only democratizing the home buying process, it’s turning it into an Amazon-like experience. We knew this was coming. The online real estate disruptor announced this week a pilot program for buying and selling homes online called “Zillow Instant Offers.” The…

Munger Place Swiss Avenue Beauty Tops our Dallas Open House Roundup This Week

By Leah Shafer | May 25, 2017 |

We love bringing you an insider look at hot North Texas properties with our CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week column. Every Thursday, we pick fabulous open houses in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you’e got to see over the weekend. This week, our houses range in price from $369,500 to $1.1 million. There’s the elegant…

Live in the L Streets with this Stylish, Renovated Home with Mature Shade Trees

By Leah Shafer | May 25, 2017 |

The L Streets are a hot area of East Dallas, part of the Lake Highlands community and located 11 miles northeast of downtown. The L Streets are close to White Rock Lake and the area is full of arching shade trees and super cute houses. There’s a reason real estate here flies on and off…

Conservative Move: a Social Movement Majorly Targeting North Texas ?

By Candy Evans | May 25, 2017 |

We all know Californians are flocking to Texas, but have you ever heard of a political movement specifically bringing them our way? On May 22, Conservative Move launched on social media and a conservative’s dream of finding like-minded neighbors was made: help relocate families out of liberal dens (usually on each coast) to conservative pockets…

West Dallas Landlord Threatened Mass Eviction, Offering Path to Home Ownership, Continued…

By Candy Evans | May 25, 2017 |

  Whoa, hang on there a moment. I am back from my City Council run , catching up on real estate, and have a whole lot to say. But first, let’s take a DEEPER look at the story of Khraish Khraish and his West Dallas properties that we just reported on. I mean, this is a…