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Unwrapping an Architectural Mystery: Sometimes a Home is like a Christmas Present

By Seth Fowler | January 3, 2017 |

Sometimes a home can be like Christmas present.  You look at it and try to guess what’s inside. You shake it a bit, but still are perplexed. You quickly rip off the wrapping paper, but don’t recognize where the box came from.  Finally, after fighting with all the tape sealing the box, you open it…

2016 – Clowns to the Left; Jokers to the Right; Taxpayers in the Middle

By Jon Anderson | January 3, 2017 |

[Editor’s note: The following column is the opinion of Jon Anderson and not the editorial opinion of CandysDirt.com.] Many heralded the end of 2016 with grinding glee. There seemed to be way more bad news on the local, federal, international and celebrity death stages than felt typical.  I wouldn’t try to wade into the national…

Historic Meets Hip In the Thoughtful Renos of this Gorgeous Elmwood Home

By Leah Shafer | January 3, 2017 |

Historic, vintage appeal meets modern, hip style in our Tuesday Two Hundred, a 1935 Elmwood home in Oak Cliff. Located at 1230 Elmwood Blvd., the renovations to this sweet spot create an upgraded, high-tech home with personality galore. The renovations are well above what you’d expect to find in a home under $300K. For example, a home…

The Most Searched Zip Codes of 2016 Were in the Dallas AREA

By Candy Evans | January 3, 2017 |

So we know what the experts say —  expect 2017 to be a more “normal” real estate market in North Texas and across the nation, with continued softness at the luxury level. Recall it was just in September that Starlight Capital chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht said you couldn’t give away homes in the rich…

This Highland Park Modern French Chateau Will Kick Your New Year Off in Style

By Karen Eubank | January 2, 2017 |

We can’t think of a better way to kick off the year than with this drop-dead-gorgeous Highland Park modern French chateau at 4441 S. Versailles Avenue. Joan Eleazer with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International has recently listed the luxurious mansion for $8.495 million. And we do mean luxurious. Built as a spec home in 2008, it…

Best of: Andy Beal Closed on the Hicks Residence in 2016 — The Most Expensive Real Estate Transaction in Dallas Real Estate History

By Candy Evans | December 31, 2016 |

In fifteen more days Andy Beal will have owned the Hicks Crespi Estate, aka Walnut Place, for a whole year. My how time flies. This was the biggest real estate transaction in Dallas last year, and in the state until the sale of the Waggoner Ranch in Vernon, Texas. Of course, Waggoner is practically its…