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Mission Impossible Becomes Possible In This Nevada Home

By Mimi Perez | June 12, 2024 |

So you are considering changing your career? The life of a luxury realtor leaves you longing for adventure, daring and espionage? Your new preferred career is that of an operative for a secret government agency where you get to dangle through ceilings or steal valuable jewels to save the world? Well Bubba, I have the…

This Forest Hills Home Dropped $300K and it Feels Like We’re Seeing More Bargains Like it

By Candy Evans | June 11, 2024 |

A Forest Hills home has dropped price by $300,000. Seeing some other price drops, too: What’s going on here with Dallas real estate?

Our home prices are rising a little slower than they have been the past couple years. According to the latest Case Shiller reports, D-FW home prices were up only 3.6% — I’m not complaining — this when compared to March 2023 levels. But we were not leading the pack as we have been the last couple of years.

National Homeownership Month: Is it More Difficult For People of Color to Purchase a Home? 

By April Towery | June 11, 2024 |

Rising interest rates and flattening wages have made it increasingly more difficult for anyone to purchase a home. Add racial disparity to the mix, and it’s enough to make a once-eager prospective homebuyer throw in the towel.  June is National Homeownership Month, and CandysDirt.com is taking a look at the obstacles people face when making…

Updated Condominium on Keller Springs Road is Giving The Good Life

By Joy Donovan | June 11, 2024 |

Moving couldn’t get much easier than this, especially if you’ve got someone to help with the heavy lifting. This unit at 5300 Keller Springs Road sits ready for furniture, clothing, dishes, artwork, and lamps to slide right into place. Everything else has been updated, the landscaping is the HOA’s headache, and the swimming pool awaits…

Arlington Entertainment District Says, ‘Put Me in, Coach,’ With Luxury Apartments at One Rangers Way

By April Towery | June 11, 2024 |

Luxury living for Arlington-based fans of the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers is about to be as smooth as a Nolan Ryan fastball.  The Texas Rangers baseball franchise and The Cordish Companies hosted a “topping off ceremony” Monday to celebrate a major construction milestone at the first and only upscale residential community in the…

Casata Launches Tech-Enabled Single-Family Micro Home Rental Community in San Marcos

By CandysDirt | June 11, 2024 |

Municipalities across Texas are exploring innovative solutions to an affordable housing crisis. San Marcos’ latest solution is a 210-micro-home rental community. The one- and two-bedroom units at Casata San Marcos will range from 512 to 806 square feet. Leases start at about $1,600 per month for the first-of-its-kind development in Hays County.  Tiny homes have been…