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Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs River Oaks, Saginaw, and Wylie were ranked among the best locations for single-family home renters in Texas but overall, they barely made the survey’s top 25 in the state. Here’s a maddening lesson in data science. National real estate rental search and data site Point2 conducted the study, which surveyed 127 suburbs…
If you are looking for a luxury home in Dallas with not only great location, excellent architecture and design, but a little customized personality as well, Phillip Murrell has just listed a Preston Hollow soft contemporary that may be just the ticket. No detail at 6605 Del Norte has been overlooked — Murrell calls it…
Housing advocates have for years been trying to think of innovative solutions to create affordable shelter for persons of all socioeconomic backgrounds and in communities that don’t have a lot of vacant land. The latest suggestion: Yes, in God’s Backyard. The “YIGBY” movement is a spinoff of “Yes in My Backyard.” Members of the nationwide…
“The year was 1965 when Andres Apostol came to the United States as a student pursuing a career in medicine. His schedule aligned at that time with a young lady who had migrated to live the American Dream as a nursing student.” I do not know about you but my popcorn is buttered and I…
Seven long days have passed without in-depth reporting on the much-debated ForwardDallas 2.0 land use plan, but don’t worry. We’ll say it again for those in the back — Dallas City Councilman Paul Ridley helped reach some important compromises with single-family home advocates last week, and now it’s headed to Council. CandysDirt.com was the first…
Some stories aren’t linear, dutifully following a single storyline, but are instead a complex tapestry woven of many threads. So it is with the home at 2608 Carter Avenue nearly crumbling under the weight of its history. Built around 1913 (though its precise age is not certain), it was the last home of the nearly…
