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Hundreds of new affordable housing units could be offered in Dallas and Fort Worth over the next five years under the Community Land Trust model, a group of expert panelists said Thursday. The Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Consortium held its quarterly meeting Feb. 29 at Trinity Habitat for Humanity to discuss CLTs and how they’re building momentum…
She starts her day at 4:30 a.m. “Oh, that’s how you do it,” I said when I met Realtor Shanai Ragsdale for coffee in McKinney last Friday. When I first met Ragsdale at a MetroTex YPN holiday function, I left feeling a little out of breath thinking about what her schedule must be like as…
Just one hour and six minutes north on Preston Road, there’s a super cute little second home waiting for you. There are so many reasons to love this little house, with a carport for all your RVs and water things, but I’m pretty much sold on proximity alone. If you’re the type that does indeed…
Bud Oglesby built this custom classic Modernist home in 1985. It’s a beautiful example of how less really is more. We generally don’t regard the 1980s in Dallas as a decade of architectural inspiration. Oglesby was one of the stellar exceptions. He embraced simplicity of form and materials. His thoughtful consideration of how light enters…
Looking for a four-bedroom new-construction smart home in the $200,000 price range? It’s probably not going to happen in Dallas proper but there’s a good shot you’ll find what you’re looking for in Josephine. The once-small community in Collin and Hunt counties is in the midst of a housing boom — two words that haven’t…
Patric Richardson was destined with a clear — and might we say clean — path to become The Laundry Guy. The first clue might have been that his favorite childhood gift was a toy washing machine Santa delivered to him at the age of 3. The second was majoring in fashion merchandising and textiles at…
