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Friday Four Hundred: Gorgeous Historic Craftsman-style Prairie Home in Peak Suburban Addition

By Joanna England | August 1, 2014 |

Just southwest of the storied homes on Swiss Avenue lies a more intimate, less popular Swiss Avenue in the gorgeous Gaston Heights neighborhood. Bounded by North Fitzhugh Ave. on the northeast and Peak on the southwest, sandwiched between Live Oak and Worth Street, is a lovely little enclave of historic homes that enjoys a distinction as Peak’s Suburban…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: East Dallas Craftsman is BRAND SPANKING NEW & Will Shelter You From Many a Storm

By Candy Evans | August 1, 2014 |

I pass by this house on the way to my daughter and son-in-law’s Hollywood Heights abode, and have thus watched it being raised from the foundation up. It’s kind of like a kid you car-pooled who you are ever so proud of when you see them get their wings and take flight. This is new…

Kathy Nealy Gets Her Condo Back After New Marketing Career — Oh, Also a Free Lawyer

By Candy Evans | August 1, 2014 |

WFAA-TV Channel 8’s Brett Shipp had an exclusive report on Thursday night’s 10 p.m. news that mentioned our little find we posted that Kathy Nealy, a Dallas political consultant who was indicted last Friday, is back in her Victory park condo after  her 2013 mortgage default was rescinded.  Channel 8’s report may shed some light on…

Did Kathy Nealy Buy Her Victory Condo Out of Foreclosure?

By Candy Evans | July 31, 2014 |

What is this? It’s a public document called a Rescission of Substitute Trustee’s Sale and Cancellation of Substitute Trustee’s Deed. It shows that Kathy Nealy apparently bought or got her Victory condo unit at The Terrace back into her ownership after it was sold to PHH Mortgage on August 9, 2013. The mortgage default was…

Crime Report: Home, But Not Alone

By Zachary Dickens | July 31, 2014 |

You know that shocked look Macaulay Culkin had on his face when he realized he was home alone? We imagine the victim in this week’s featured crime had a similar expression when he realized the opposite. At 6:30 a.m. on July 23, a resident of the 3500 block of Crescent Avenue woke up and discovered…

Thursday Three Hundred: Lovely Lochwood Home is an Escape From City Life With a Short Commute

By Joanna England | July 31, 2014 |

Lochwood is one of my favorite areas in Dallas because it has so many gorgeous, mature trees, hilly topography, and a stunning mix of architectural styles. I love the soft contemporaries, midcentury moderns, traditionals, and even the random colonial! And it’s popular with families, too, thanks to the close proximity to White Rock Lake and…