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Owner of "Scientology House" That Burned on Buckner Blvd. Had No Insurance on the Property

By Candy Evans | October 4, 2013 |

I feel very sorry for David D. Anderson tonight. Very. Not only did he lose a home to fire, he has no insurance on the home at all. None. Nada. Anderson is the man who owns the “Scientology” house at 9401 Dixie Lane in East Dallas that burned Thursday in a 3-alarm fire, bringing 17 fire trucks to the usually quiet neighborhood and completely blocking off Buckner.

Scientology House Burning, Continued

By Candy Evans | October 3, 2013 |

  Joanna says the house has been vacant for years. This is probably one of the biggest house fires in the area in awhile — the home was just under 10,000 square feet if I recall…

Former Scientology House at Buckner and Dixie Burning

By Candy Evans | October 3, 2013 |

Joanna is out on Buckner and says at last five fire truck are on the scene as Grandwick, or the former Scientology Church house as we all know it, is burning away. Thanks to the fine folks at KXAS who sent over these shots from their helicopter on the scene.

Breaking: The Former Scientology House on Buckner at Dixie Drive Reportedly On Fire

By Candy Evans | October 3, 2013 |

I just got a call from Stefan Gordon at KXAS-5 about a LARGE house fire over in what was once the pink stucco Church of Scientology in East Dallas. The church bought this property at the corner of Buckner Boulevard and Dixie Lane in 2000 and made the neighbors mighty nervous. In 2008, it was on…

Dallas Designer Bernadette Schaeffler Laments the Lost Art of Letter Writing

By Joanna England | October 3, 2013 |

“Remember when the real mailbox was filled?  You opened it, read it, and melted away!” Bernadette Schaeffler exclaimed. “In our rapidly changing time, an email is only a copy that never was held in the hands of the loved one!” It’s true, that the romantic art of the love letter is lost on this generation…

Dallas Real Estate News: Local Market Monitor Report Projects Growth in Home Prices, Rents as RedFin Analysis Says Market is Transitioning to Benefit Buyers

By Joanna England | October 3, 2013 |

Rarely do you see both home prices and rents grow in the same market where, as we reported earlier this week, net migration is in the red. And yet that’s what Local Market Monitor is projecting for Dallas-Irving-Plano area over the next 12 months.

That’s partially due to unemployment rates dropping and a strong financial and service job market in the Dallas area. Local Market Monitor projections show 9 percent growth in housing prices over the next 12 months and 12 percent growth over the next three years. And demand for housing, both buying and renting, will grow thanks to overall population growth that is outpacing the national average.