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Crime Report: Caught on Video, Thief Targets Unlocked Cars in Highland Park

By Zachary Dickens | November 18, 2014 |

Because the incident reports supplied by Dallas police remain largely useless, we must rely on the cops in Highland Park and University Park to provide us with all the juicy details. Last week, a busy little burglar targeted several vehicles along a street that traverses the border between the Park Cities. At about 1:35 a.m.…

New Friends New Life Home Tour Features Four Gorgeous Park Cities Mansions

By Joanna England | November 18, 2014 |

Last year’s New Friends New Life home tour was a wash thanks to horrible weather, but if you bought tickets to last year’s tour, you’ll be happy to know that you can use them this year to see an all-new slate of gorgeous mansions in the Park Cities. Brooke Kilburn is the chair of this…

Dallas Public Schools: Should We Stay or Should We Go Now?

By Bethany Erickson | November 18, 2014 |

  When my husband bought the home we live in now – a 1950s bungalow in Midway Hollow – he was a bachelor. He told me several times during our courtship that he bought the house thinking that he would sell it when he got married, because three bedrooms and ONE bathroom is kind of…

Untouched Midcentury Modern Owned By Fashion Designer Has High-End Details

By Joanna England | November 18, 2014 |

Midcentury modern connoisseurs will delight in this impeccably preserved Asian influenced specimen at 10110 Daria Drive in the gated Meaders James subdivision, which is just north of Walnut Hill and west of the Dallas North Tollway. It’s so close to Preston Hollow, and it’s in an area where you’ll find several distinctive properties like this…

Claremont Reno Drops $2,500 Today, Won’t Be on Market Long

By Leah Shafer | November 18, 2014 |

After not mentioning the Claremont neighborhood for a while, we’re suddenly seeing gem after gem go on the market there. It’s one of my favorite residential areas in East Dallas, with Midcentury personality, mature trees, and memorable style. The 1962 ranch-style house at 8526 Sweetwood Drive just came on the market Oct. 31 after an…

Roxann Taylor & Associates Joins Engel & Volkers Luxury Real Estate Network as First Franchise in Texas

By Candy Evans | November 18, 2014 |

Southlake is just a beehive of activity these days. Maybe it’s because a lot of Toyota execs are moving here — the CEO bought in Vaquero — or the fact that many affluent people relocating to Dallas love Southlake. The lots are large and leafy, the homes luxurious, spacious and reasonably-priced for the most part,…