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CandysDirt Dallas Open House Roundup

By Leah Shafer | June 2, 2016 |

Every Thursday, we bring you an insider look at hot North Texas properties with our CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column. We scour the open house listings every list and pick five fabulous ones in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you shouldn’t miss. This week, our houses range in price from $335K to $867K. You’ll find a range of…

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Wants to Lower Your Property Tax Rate

By Joanna England | June 2, 2016 |

Dallas County’s top elected official has heard your sobs as you opened your recent property tax appraisal notices and he wants to do something about the real financial pinch felt by many of the 525,000 county property owners who saw shocking increases this year. “What I’m proposing is that we capture the money that was…

Glen Meadow Estates Home Is Brilliantly Staged to Show Off Its Best Features

By Leah Shafer | June 2, 2016 |

We’ve taken it upon ourselves to point out examples of bad real estate photos and poorly presented houses for sale. Today, our Thursday Three Hundred is the exact opposite, a shining example of making the very best of its assets through staging and photography. The home at 3965 Boca Bay Dr. in Northwest Dallas’ Glen Cove is an updated ranch…

What You Didn’t Hear About Plano Senior High’s Graduation Attire

By Bethany Erickson | June 2, 2016 |

I had more than one person message me to ask what I thought of the story about Plano Senior High and the fact that the school does not use the National Honor Society stoles at graduation.  One person in the real estate business even asked me what kind of impact this might have on parents…

Door — Another Stab at Shrinking the Real Estate Commission

By Candy Evans | June 2, 2016 |

I have to say, I think I am going to really like Alex Doubet, chief executive officer of the real estate company Door. First of all, soft spot for Ivy Leaguers, and Doubet went to Harvard. Secondly, he said this to the Dallas Morning News: “When you see all the nicely printed collateral from the…

Official Statement from John Ames, Dallas County Tax Assesor/Collector

By Candy Evans | June 1, 2016 |

 “Our family home caught fire on February 16, 2015 at 1 am.  We were fortunate that my wife, two children and mother-in-law were all able to escape unharmed.  I was in Austin on county business at the time.  The fire was caused by an electrical shortage.  After much consideration, we decided to rebuild our home…