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How To Use a Home Inspection Report: Part 2

By Brenda Masse | January 24, 2024 |

Welcome to our second installment of How To Use a Home Inspection Report! Last week, we focused on the five major systems of the house. This week, we’re moving on to some of the details and the more in-depth areas to look at how you can use a home inspection report to gain knowledge about…

HOPE Report Suggests Lack of ‘Deeply Affordable’ Housing is Driving People Into Homelessness 

By April Towery | January 24, 2024 |

As temperatures dipped below freezing on the evening of Jan. 18, a panel of Dallas City Council members discussed the Homelessness, Organizations, Policies, and Encampments report — the HOPE report, for short — calling for a solution to the city’s unsheltered homelessness crisis.  District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno, who chairs the Housing and Homelessness Solutions…

New Construction in Kessler Park Sparks Debate Over Conservation District Guidelines

By April Towery | January 23, 2024 |

Kevin Rachel and his wife moved to Kessler Park in 2020 because they liked the character of the North Oak Cliff neighborhood with its diverse historical architecture, hilly topography, and lush landscape.  About a year after the Rachels found their dream home on Canyon Creek within the Kessler Park Conservation District, construction began nearby on…

Fire up Your Pinterest, Because This North Dallas Home is Filled With Good Ideas

By Nikki Barringer | January 23, 2024 |

In real estate school, one of the things you go over is an itemized list of why people buy homes. I don’t want to give it ALL away, but P is for Pride of Ownership. Even though it’s true, it still sounds really dorky. NEVERTHELESS, it’s pretty freaking cool when you see it come to…

Katherine Chia Brings Her Brand of High-Impact, Sustainable Design to Dallas Architecture Forum

By CandysDirt | January 23, 2024 |

Seeing Katherine Chia’s portfolio of sleek, sustainable spaces drives home the mission of Desai Chia, the firm she co-founded with Arjun Desai: to create inspiring environments, expressive of light, materials, and collaborative spaces. If you’ve yet to have an introduction to Chia’s work your best chance is at 7 p.m. February 8 at the Dallas…

Comerica Lays Off 3 Percent of Bank’s Workforce, Closes 26 Branches in Cost-Cutting Scheme

By Joanna England | January 22, 2024 |

With its name emblazoned on one of the tallest buildings in downtown Dallas, you’d never guess that Comerica Bank would be a company to initiate a huge cost-cutting scheme that meant massive layoffs and closed branches, but that’s exactly what happened Jan. 22. The workforce reduction, which equates to 250 jobs, is a significant cut…