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For Contentious Canterbury Court Steps, Nothing’s Set in Stone

By Joanna England | November 25, 2014 |

Rachel Stone at the Oak Cliff Advocate has an update on an unexpectedly contentious issue that has formed battle lines among Kessler Park residents: The steps between Canterbury Court and Edgefield Avenue. The stone walkway, which was installed by the original developers of Kessler Park, North Texas Trust Co., was part of a system of…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Beckley Club Reno with Basement is Stunner in N. Oak Cliff

By Leah Shafer | November 25, 2014 |

It’s not news that real estate in North Oak Cliff is hot, hot, hot, especially Kessler Park, Bishop Arts, and Winnetka Heights. But there’s an up-and-coming neighborhood east of Interstate 35E and a half mile south of the Dallas Zoo that is darling and much less publicized: Beckley Club Estates. This community of about 150…

Dallas 100 Gives a Nod to Small Real Estate Brokerages

By Joanna England | November 25, 2014 |

  If it seems like the lists of top-performing companies in national business magazines are populated by industry mammoths and impossibly large corporations, it’s because they are. Sure, economies of scale can help a company realize success relatively fast, but these lists leave the real, tangible successes of small businesses in the shadows. Recognizing that…

Crime Report: It’s Was a Quiet Week For Park Cities Crime

By Zachary Dickens | November 25, 2014 |

Last week’s police activity was fairly light, even by the Park Cities’ standards. But the incidents detailed below seem even more inconsequential because I compiled them last night, as I was monitoring the chaos erupting in Ferguson, Mo. Jump for news on property crime in the Park Cities:

Watch Out for Thanksgiving Kitchen Fires!

By Leah Shafer | November 25, 2014 |

The kitchen is the heart of a home during the holidays and if your space is like mine, it’s full of people going in and out all day to help with cooking, spike their egg nog, or just sit and swap tall tales. That frenzy of activity, cooking, and baking puts a kitchen at extra…

Troy Aikman Lists House on Normandy in Highland Park for $5.3 Million

By Candy Evans | November 25, 2014 |

Photos courtesy of those wonderful folks at Shoot 2 Sell! Was it really a year and a half ago that we told you all about Troy Aikman’s real estate moves from Highland to Normandy to St. Johns? ? Almost — July, 2013 we told you that he sold his stunning Highland Drive family residence (and TWO…