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Featured Realtor: Gia Marshello Has Sage Advice For Buyers and Sellers

By Joanna England | July 9, 2015 |

We are absolutely thrilled to feature Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty Vice President Gia Marshello today. Why? Well, besides the fact that she’s just about the nicest person on the planet, she’s also immensely successful and absolutely down-to-earth at the same time. How is that possible? Seriously, we want to know! A native of New…

David Williams Most Famous Farmhouse in Stevens Park Estates Has Plenty of Room for Ferraris

By Candy Evans | July 9, 2015 |

David R. Williams is one of the state’s most renown architects, yet he designed very few homes in Dallas. A contemporary of O’Neil Ford — in fact, Ford’s brother actually worked on this home —  Williams is known as the grandfather of Texas modern architecture. He created a handful of indigenous designs in Dallas that…

RealtyTrac Reports Foreclosures at Record Lows, Investors Still Swarming San Antonio

By Joanna England | July 8, 2015 |

Good news for neighborhoods! Foreclosures are at the lowest level since Nov. 2009 according to the latest data from RealtyTrac. The company released its May 2015 “U.S. Home & Foreclosure Sales Report” last week, and all-cash sales have dropped almost 4 percent from April of this year to 24.6 percent. “The cash sales share in…

Designer of George W. Bush’s Crawford Compound Speaks at Fort Worth AIA Design Talk Tonight

By Joanna England | July 8, 2015 |

It feels like a trend: Architects are writing books all over the place. Of course, this is a trend we can get behind, especially when architects write fiction as David Heymann, FAIA, has. Heymann, who designed George W. Bush’s Crawford sustainable compound, will read excerpts from his collection of stories entitled “My Beautiful City Austin”…

Henry S. Miller is Selling His Flawless Cy Barcus Built Man Cave. And I Want It!

By Candy Evans | July 7, 2015 |

Years ago I wrote about this home when I was at D Home, and the way home builder Cy Barcus built a 3800 square foot palace in 2004 utilizing the best of everything he knew from his 35 year plus building career. I recall thinking, God, this would be the perfect home for us in…

Behind That Traditional Exterior Lies a Completely Contemporary Kessler Park Abode

By Joanna England | July 7, 2015 |

Sure, North Oak Cliff is a hot market, but compared to the sky-high prices in other nabes, this area still has some fabulous deals. Take this Kessler Park home at 1004 N. Montclair. Not only does it have some ridiculous curb appeal (just look at that beautiful ivy-covered brick with stone accents!), but the interiors…