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Disney Streets Midcentury Modern Has Vintage Details You Adore

By Joanna England | June 24, 2016 |

No, you’re not having deja vu. You have seen this Disney Streets midcentury modern before. Your first introduction may have been in 1954, when this George Halfin-designed, atomic-era house was featured in the 1954 Parade of Homes. After that, it’s been on and off the market several times, featured in D Magazine, CultureMap, and more. And just as…

Candy Weighs in on Dez Bryant’s Alleged Destruction of Royce West’s Rental

By Joanna England | June 24, 2016 |

CBS 11 reporter JD Miles interviewed Candy after we broke the story on State Sen. Royce West’s lawsuit against Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant. Bryant, an embattled professional football player who has had his fair share of legal troubles, allegedly destroyed the interiors of West’s DeSoto rental property, leaving behind loads of trash, broken…

John and Debbie Tolleson List Volk Estates Mansion Where a Presidential Library Was Funded

By Candy Evans | June 24, 2016 |

We have a new Hot Property, a $39 million estate that is the newest luxury listing in town. It is certainly the most expensive property on the market in the Park Cities, and the sale will set soaring new records. There are guest and green houses, a pool, two spas, tennis and volleyball courts, a…

CandysDirt.com Launches First School + House Community Event

By Bethany Erickson | June 24, 2016 |

Way back when I first started writing for CandysDirt.com, the idea was that I give everyone enough information (or the ability to find that information) to make an educated decision about both public schools and neighborhoods they’d like to live in. And for about the last six months, I’ve been noodling around with a concept…

Goodbye Valley View, Hello Midtown: Scott Beck Gets Green Light From City Hall to Raze Aging Mall

By Joanna England | June 23, 2016 |

It was your typical teenage hotspot in the 1980s and 1990s. Built in 1973, Valley View Mall was where parents would deposit their AquaNet-lacquered and brace-faced progeny to mill about the then hip and trendy, completely air conditioned homage to American consumerism. Now, we have internet shopping, and the days of mallrats are slowing to…

Sneak Peek at Highland Park Mediterranean on Southern Avenue

By Karen Eubank | June 23, 2016 |

  We know you love getting a sneak peek at properties as much as we do, so we’re giving you an inside look at 4517 Southern Avenue in Highland Park today. Jason Couch with Epic Direct Realty is listing this gorgeous three-story, five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 5,766-square-foot Mediterranean on June 30 for $2.449 million.