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BREAKING: Another Turtle Creek Area Garage Partially Collapses

By Bethany Erickson | June 27, 2016 |

Update: Candy zipped over to see what she can find out, and here’s what we know so far (with pictures). “The cable guy’s truck was smashed,” Candy related from the field. “The glass is shattered on the edge of the building, and it looks like something came down from the seventh floor.” Firemen on the…

Breaking: Sam Wyly and Dee Wyly Owe $1.1B in Taxes

By Joanna England | June 27, 2016 |

It took the IRS and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barbara J. Houser a month to figure out just how much Sam Wyly and sister-in-law Dee Wyly, widow of Charles Wyly and namesake of the Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus designed theater in the Dallas Arts District, owed in taxes after being found guilty of tax evasion…

Greenway Parks Midcentury Modern is Love at First Sight

By Karen Eubank | June 27, 2016 |

Buying a house is a lot like online dating. You see the profile, the gorgeous photos and then you meet. That’s when you find out if that profile is really too good to be true. Your first date with this midcentury modern beauty at 5539 Montrose Drive will prove the profile doesn’t lie — it’s…

Jack Evans, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans | June 24, 2016 |

It is with a heavy heart that I write of a huge loss to the Dallas Real Estate community and to all of us: our Jack Evans. Rev. Eric Folkerth, pastor of Northaven United Methodist Church, where Evans, 86, and his spouse, George Harris, 83, are members, announced the death today. But earlier this morning, I…

Discreet Façade Conceals a Cache of Richness and Blue Velvet Lined Walls

By Eric Prokesh | June 24, 2016 |

You might pass low key, 4729 Washburn Avenue, only one block from River Crest Country Club, without taking much notice.  The discreet façade with the two car garage front entrance out of necessity (no alleys in Rivercrest), extends across the 50 foot lot to claim the maximum amount of space for its interior. And yet the original owners, John S. Justin, Jr.…

Floor Plans Save Buyer and Agent Time by Exposing Deal-Breakers

By Jon Anderson | June 24, 2016 |

I will never buy a home with a bathroom opening into a kitchen or dining room.  I will never buy a home with a fireplace in a corner, off-center or next to the front door.  I will never buy a home with an enclosed kitchen that can’t be opened, nor one requiring off-site laundry.  Deal-breakers…