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Devonshire Builder’s Home is Unlisted but Oh So Available…

By Candy Evans | February 13, 2015 |

We want to share our inside scoop SO we are going to treat you to to an UNLISTED property every week here on CandysDirt.com. Recall the cool new website for Realtors, only, where the hottest agents in town are posting all their hip pocket listings? Just like the private Facebook groups, The Unlisted is overflowing…

Confessions of Dallas High Rise Living: High Rise History — Dallas’ Original Style Setters, Part 2

By Jon Anderson | February 13, 2015 |

By Jon Anderson Special Contributor Correction: In last week’s column, I made a rookie mistake of believing a friend without checking (he’s been flogged and I’ve been humbled). The history of the “21” building at 3883 Turtle Creek is far more interesting than the story I was told about the 21 name reflecting the number…

Top 5 Affordable Downtown Dallas Studio Rentals Sizzle in Super-Hot Market

By Leah Shafer | February 12, 2015 |

Ashley D. Stanley has positioned herself to be the go-to expert locator for downtown Dallas apartment rentals. She’s a real estate broker and owner of Ashley’s Apartments, an apartment locator service specializing in downtown and nearby areas. Stanley lives, works, and plays in downtown, and considers herself one of its biggest fans. “I live at…

Diamond in the Rough Could Be Your Valentine Fixer Upper

By Candy Evans | February 12, 2015 |

Warning: what you are about to see may not be pretty. You may find these photos disturbing. Maybe send the children off to bed, maybe keep a box of Tums nearby, because this is a house that has not been loved. This is a house that you would call Child Protective Services on if it…

Where Will You Live in 5 Years? Who’s Moving Where? City, Suburbs, Boonies?

By Candy Evans | February 12, 2015 |

  There is no doubt that Dallas is becoming more urban, and it’s about time it did. Yesterday I met with a spectacular young man who lives downtown with his family, owns one car, and asked me to imagine a Dallas with no parking places. Hard to do, but I am trying. There is always…

2014 Top Producers Recognized at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

By Candy Evans | February 12, 2015 |

Did you hear the cheers coming from the other side of the Metroplex today? It’s that time of the year when brokerages are honoring top producers at parties that seem to get wilder with every press release. Last week it was Virginia Cook at Brookhollow. Today it was Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty paying tribute…