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It’s no secret that real estate professionals, from listing agents to home inspectors to appraisers, get a little antsy when the homebuyer’s dad shows up to the party. Father knows best, after all. He has the best advice, and he’s not about to let anyone take advantage of his baby. Dads get weird like that…
While the public has been caught up in the fight to save Dallas City Hall, there is another downtown brutalist building that deserves recognition, attention, and, quite possibly, saving. It’s the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library that faces City Hall. Part of Mayor Jonsson’s 1965 citizen-led initiative, Goals for Dallas, was a massive effort to…
We’re another week closer to “summer break” at Dallas City Hall, with council members set to take July off from official public business at the horseshoe. No doubt there will still be some surprises and City Hall news next month, but nothing regular with budget hearings and ostensibly further 1500 Marilla St. relocation drama kicked…
Let’s be honest with ourselves, Dallas. As the Texas summer heat starts to crank up, the allure of a 55-minute dash down to Cedar Creek Lake becomes less of a want and more of an absolute mental health necessity. But if you’ve spent any time shopping the shorelines lately, you know that finding a turnkey,…
Lightning strikes are suspected of causing several house fires that broke out when a severe storm system blew in on Friday morning. Fire crews responded to multiple residential calls in communities stretching from Allen and Plano to Frisco and Dallas, with officials citing lightning as the likely cause. Among the most dramatic incidents was a…
A picture is worth a thousand words. That early American adage is especially true when it comes to real estate. It’s what made Jordan and Rayne Rogers fall in love with this Highland Meadows Midcentury Modern and return home to Dallas. Jordan was working in Portland, and he and his wife wanted to get back…
