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Our Man Downtown Goes to Trial: Jurors in John Wiley Price Bribery Trial Deserve Props

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | March 3, 2017 |

By Ashley Stanley Special Contributor For the first installment in this series, click here. The morning didn’t go as planned. I was hoping to be at the courthouse at 7:45 a.m., remember? It was more like 9:03 a.m. I ended up taking care of other business matters, but nonetheless, made it to the Earle Cabell…

Neighborhood Spotlight: Quality of Life in the North Cliff Conservation District

By Amanda Popken | March 3, 2017 |

Oak Cliff covers about one-third of Dallas, with a lot of variety throughout. You’re probably familiar with the small Craftsman homes around Bishop Arts, the historic homesteads of Winnetka Heights, and the eclectic estates of the Kessler neighborhoods. A little further west near Hampton and south of Jefferson you’ll find many neighborhoods like the North…

Help Habitat for Humanity, Minimize Landfill Chow and Ease Your Taxes

By Jon Anderson | March 3, 2017 |

Sometimes it kills me to watch HGTV.  Eager beaver renovators gleefully rip through their home with sledgehammers ablaze without a thought that some of what they’re splintering could be reused instead of in a landfill. Sure your old cabinets aren’t spankingly trendy and the appliances aren’t stainless, but for someone without, they’re precious. When I…

Barefoot Ranch, Kyle Bass’ Hidden Texas Retreat, Could Go for Up to $100M

By Valerie Jarvie | March 3, 2017 |

  It’s about as luxe-y as it gets for a recreational property in Texas. Barefoot Ranch is not a “working” ranch per se, but an uber-luxe hunting, golf, and lake resort set just a little over an hour from It’s about as luxe-y as it gets for a recreational property in Texas. Barefoot Ranch is…

Lyndhurst Soft Contemporary on Almost 3/4 Acre Tops Our Weekly Open House Roundup

By Leah Shafer | March 2, 2017 |

We love bringing you an insider look at hot North Texas properties with our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column. Every Thursday, we pick five fabulous open houses in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you shouldn’t miss. This week, our houses range in price from $389K to $1.099 million. Let us know what you think…

They Like Big Bundts: East Dallas MLS Broker Bake Off Raises Dough For TREPAC

By Joanna England | March 2, 2017 |

When the committee that puts together the East Dallas MLS’ Broker Bake Off (an annual Texas Association of Realtors PAC fundraiser and sweet event), they batted around a few themes before someone suggested a riff off of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s epic 90s ballad — “I Like Big Bundts And I Cannot Lie: Music Through The Ages.”…