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Thursday Three Hundred: Love the Katy Trail? Here's a Cute Townhome With Private Access!

By Joanna England | July 11, 2013 |

One of my favorite things to do when I’m combing through listings to bring you our daily featured listings is play a little game of “who’s that buyer.” I look at the house, the amenities, and the location, and I try to picture the kind of person who will find that property irresistible. Well, with…

Help This Poor Reader Find a Neighborhood: Where's the Best Place to Park Two (Maybe Three) Kids and a Husband?

By Candy Evans | July 11, 2013 |

A Reader Writes: Here is a picture of the fam in front of our townhome. We are still all over the place in terms of where to live and find the perfect neighborhood. When I wrote you last, it was Lake Highlands. A week before that, it was UP. Today, it’s Lakewood. As you can…

Waco Couple Behind Magnolia Homes Scores 12-Episode HGTV Deal

By Joanna England | July 10, 2013 |

These must be exciting times for Chip and Joanna Gaines, the husband and wife team behind Magnolia Homes. These two have carved out a niche for themselves renovating and restoring historic properties into absolutely legit luxury homes.

After a successful pilot, the two have inked a 12-episode deal with HGTV to produce a series dubbed “Fixer Upper” in which the pair will take dilapidated and neglected structures from gross to glam in their signature style.

Home of the Week: One-of-a-Kind in Kessler Park

By Joanna England | July 10, 2013 |

  We tend to throw around the word “stunning” a lot here on CandysDirt.com. Maybe that’s because there are so many gorgeous homes in Dallas. Or maybe it’s because we only select the best houses in our featured price ranges every day, weeding the wheat from the chaff to show you how great Dallas real…

Tennis And Real Estate Are in Alex Perry's Blood, Says The Young Gun At Allie Beth Allman

By Joanna England | July 10, 2013 |

We are just absolutely in love with Alex Perry, y’all. I mean, how could we not be?! From his never-give-up attitude he inherited from his father and his grandfather, tennis great Fred Perry, to his winning smile and meteoric rise at Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Perry has earned his stripes as a senior VP in one of the regions leading brokerages. He may be young, but we wouldn’t dare confuse his age with inexperience.
Perry took a few moments to answer a few fun questions for us, and we were just laid out by his thoughtful answers! Read on to find out more about this amazing Dallas agent and why he gives every client the Michelin star treatment!

Candy's Lease of the Week: Gorgeous Unit in Mahanna Condos!

By Joanna England | July 10, 2013 |

The folks over at LocalDwelling.com are really building their stable of fantastic rental properties. Besides a great house in HPISD boundaries, a gorgeous condo with views of downtown, there’s this great condo just off Mahanna that will put you in the middle of it all. It’s Unit #11 at 3116 Mahanna Street, just west of the…