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City Hall Roundup: Parking Reform Takes Shape, Other Highlights

By Charles Grand | March 9, 2025 |

Dallas officials on the city’s various boards and commissions grappled with some hot button issues this past week, not least of which was parking reform. Here’s the latest on some of what the full city council will have to deal with before too long: ‘I Think Nobody Wins’ A special called meeting of the City…

Werewolves Of High-End Housing: You’ve Already Let ‘Em In

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | March 9, 2025 |

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor There was a great Wall Street Journal piece (free link) on the decline in available lower priced Miami home sales. It’s the result of prices rising so quickly and a shift in the mix to larger more high-end new product flowing into the market. The high-end market seems better equipped to weather the current economic…

Weekend Escape or Everyday Paradise? This Richland Chambers Lake Home Is Both

By Brenda Masse | March 8, 2025 |

Experience the epitome of luxury lakeside living – and have the best summer of your life – with this jaw-dropping 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath lake house. Sitting pretty on over 700 feet of prime water frontage on Richland Chambers Lake with a brand-new concrete sidewalk along the steel retaining wall, the 3.102-acre retreat at 6028 Open Water…

This Spring, Poor Drainage Isn’t Just About Your Allergies

By Brenda Masse | March 8, 2025 |

Each spring, in addition to “the pollening,” and a lot of sneezing and watery eyes, we can always count on a good deal of rain and stormy weather. The problem all that (usually much needed) rain can create is that it comes after a frequently long, dry winter. So the ground is dry and prone…

An Adorable Oak Lawn Heights Tudor Cottage With a Pool!

By Karen Eubank | March 8, 2025 |

You need to see this 1928 Oak Lawn Heights Tudor today. It’s just about the cutest house I’ve seen in a month of Sundays. This little neighborhood has been gaining attention for some time now, and it’s with good cause. Although it’s considered the largest single-family neighborhood in Oak Lawn, it’s not very big. The neighborhood…

This Junius Heights Craftsman Is About as Classic as They Come

By Daniel Lalley | March 7, 2025 |

Known for offering some of the city’s most celebrated homes, Junius Heights has become one of Dallas’ most coveted communities. Situated just south of White Rock Lake, this neighborhood evolved around an iconic Dallas streetcar line, becoming a destination for East Dallas living. With a collection of Craftsman, Tudor, and Prairie school architecture, this close-knit…