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Today on SecondShelters.com: Need a Getaway? Say ‘Oui!’ to This Beauty in Paris, Texas

By Joanna England | February 21, 2014 |

Paris is an excellent Texas town for your ranch getaway, as it’s a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth, has some great shopping, and the scenery is just splendid. And you can tell everyone you have a second home in Paris! Oui oui! Well monsieurs and madames, this lovely ranch with a total of seven —…

Today on SecondShelters.com: Need a Getaway? Say 'Oui!' to This Beauty in Paris, Texas

By Joanna England | February 21, 2014 |

Paris is an excellent Texas town for your ranch getaway, as it’s a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth, has some great shopping, and the scenery is just splendid. And you can tell everyone you have a second home in Paris! Oui oui! Well monsieurs and madames, this lovely ranch with a total of seven —…

Friday Four Hundred: Amazing Allen Home Has Old-World Style, 21st Century Amenities

By Joanna England | February 21, 2014 |

Ebby Halliday Star Realtor Cathy Browne sent us this listing late last week, and we ooh’ed and ahh’ed over it. Seriously, this home in the highly sought-after Cumberland Crossing neighborhood of Allen with creek frontage is so charming that it was already under contract after just one day on the market. That won’t keep us…

The Real Estate Cycle: Now For a Word from The Folks Who Live at the Preston Center Apartments, Preston at Northwest Highway

By Candy Evans | February 21, 2014 |

The folks who live at the Preston Center Apartments, 8502 Preston Road at Northwest Highway, at the northeast intersection with the big Texas star, are a little concerned about where they will move if the Transwestern deal goes through. They are at the tip of the primo 3 acres where the developer plans to scrape…

Ranch of the Week: Le Belle Maison in Paris, TX

By Kathryn Roan | February 21, 2014 |

Because really, who doesn’t love Paris? If trans-atlantic travel just will not fit into your busy schedule, the gorgeous ranch at 632 County Road 43400 in Paris, Texas, just may be the perfect locale to get you and the family out of the hectic city. This property is so much more than a vacation home,…

Thursday Three Hundred: Farmers Market Townhome Feels Like a Warm Italian Villa Inside

By Joanna England | February 20, 2014 |

  I have always loved these townhomes, which were among the first to go up in the Farmers Market area before the residential building boom this neighborhood has recently experienced. They are the first homes you can spot if you take Canton downtown on your morning commute, and they’re just past Bark Park Central, another…