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CandysDirt.com Giveaway! Win a Pair of Tickets to the Lakewood Home Festival

By Joanna England | November 7, 2014 |

The Lakewood Home Festival is coming and we are so excited. This is one of our favorite fall home tours, and it has so many great homes that you can walk through while you daydream and get inspired for your own home. This year’s tour features an interesting and eclectic mix of architectural styles. You saw…

Ebby Opens Brand New, Super Snazzy (& Sexy!) Preston Center Office

By Candy Evans | November 7, 2014 |

Talk about how everything in Texas is bigger! Wednesday night Ebby Halliday Preston Center christened it’s brand new, 10,000 square foot, super high visibility office. More than 150 staff, company executives, agents and clients came by to be serenaded  by violin music and celebrate. The office is located at 8333 Douglas Avenue, Suite 100 between…

Madison Hildebrand Splits Coldwell Banker for Partners Trust, Says Smaller Brokerages Are Better

By Candy Evans | November 7, 2014 |

Malibu will never be the same. You know Madison Hildebrand, yes, that sexy, dapper, original cast member of Million Dollar Listing, contributing host on E!, public speaker, author and yes, also Realtor? He’s on his way to the NAR in New Orleans, but I caught him at the airport before he had to turn off…

Debbie Wiggins’ Amazing Dilbeck-Designed Home Featured in Lakewood Home Festival

By Joanna England | November 6, 2014 |

The moment we saw photos of this amazing Charles Dilbeck estate at 6820 Avalon, we knew that we had to feature it here on CandysDirt.com. Homes like this — historic, incredible estates that have been lovingly restored and even updated — make Lakewood such a desirable area. No wonder it will be featured on next…

Estate Puts Downton Abbey to Shame at a Price Reduced by Almost $5 Million!

By Candy Evans | November 6, 2014 |

This is one of my most treasured homes in Dallas. It could be so because I am friends with the people who first built it in 1996, and I watched it go up step by very careful, lovingly placed step. It sits on a luscious piece of land that the original owner searched high and…

Original Bath Plus Beautiful Updates in This University Terrace Ranch

By Joanna England | November 6, 2014 |

  University Terrace is so hot right now. This is the affordable Lakewood area, where you can get inside Lakewood Elementary’s attendance area in the $300K range. Most other neighborhoods that feed into Lakewood are going for $400K plus! Here, though, the lots are generous, the homes are somewhat newer (1950s and 60s as opposed…