News

The Dallas Mansion that Margaret Thatcher’s Daughter-in-Law Really, Really Didn’t Want to Live In…

By Candy Evans | April 12, 2013 |

The death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher brings to mind the gorgeous estate home you see at 4850 Preston Road. Built in 2008 by Sharif & Munir Luxury Home Builders, it was one of the biggest spec homes in Dallas: almost 14,000 square feet on .62 acres. Neighbors are as high-falutin’ as they…

Friday Four Hundred: Lake Park Estates is The New Honeypot of East Dallas, Y'all, And This House on Galway Proves It

By Joanna England | April 12, 2013 |

I’m going to get real with y’all. *Turns chair around and sits in it backward* I love East Dallas, and I live close to Lake Park Estates. It’s a fantastic neighborhood full of great homes and good people. And this house, well, I just want to let you know that it’s awesome, and if you’re…

Friday Four Hundred: Lake Park Estates is The New Honeypot of East Dallas, Y’all, And This House on Galway Proves It

By Joanna England | April 12, 2013 |

I’m going to get real with y’all. *Turns chair around and sits in it backward* I love East Dallas, and I live close to Lake Park Estates. It’s a fantastic neighborhood full of great homes and good people. And this house, well, I just want to let you know that it’s awesome, and if you’re…

We Asked, They Answered: District 2 Candidate Herschel Weisfeld Wants Nasher, Museum Tower, to Work Together For Solution

By Joanna England | April 11, 2013 |

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment of our series of Dallas City Council candidate questionnaires. You can view the first here, the second here, and the third here. We attempted to contact each candidate in every contested race (10 races total), and those who responded with a working email address received the same eight questions. We gave…

Thursday Three Hundred: McKinney Cutie on Founders Square is Very, Very Victorian!

By Joanna England | April 11, 2013 |

Our Thursday Three Hundred is coming to you a little late today, but once you see this house you will agree that it was worth the wait! I love Victorians, and 7212 Percy Drive in McKinney doesn’t disappoint! This cutie patootie has three bedrooms, two and a half baths, a pool, and a two-plus-car garage.…

Austin Real Estate News: Lance Armstrong Sells Home For Less Than a Third of Asking to Oil And Gas Businessman Al Koehler

By Joanna England | April 11, 2013 |

  Photo: Robert Reck/Architectural Digest So even though Lance Armstrong has sold his Austin abode, he still plans on calling the city his “home.” The real test is whether the city will still claim the cyclist who, in an Oprah interview rife with crocodile tears, admitted to doping his way through winning the Tour de…