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Lake Granbury Living: This Home Puts 107 Ft. of Open Water Front and Center

By CandysDirt | March 27, 2026 |

The idea of the lake house used to be simple: a small place, a dock, and a reason to leave town on Friday afternoons. These days, buyers are looking at lake properties a little differently — not just as weekend escapes, but as places they can actually live, work, and host family and friends. That’s…

Council Member Casts Doubt on Dallas City Hall Report, Citing Past AECOM Settlement

By Charles Grand | March 27, 2026 |

In a sign that tensions may continue to rise as officials debate whether to relocate Dallas City Hall, a city council member is pointing to a past legal settlement involving AECOM, the firm that helped produce the building’s property condition assessment. Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12) shared yesterday a 2023 Dallas Morning News article…

Hill Country Style Takes Contemporary Cues in This Terraza Hills Home

By Daniel Lalley | March 27, 2026 |

A Hill Country transitional-style home is defined by stone exteriors, deep-set porches, and large windows, but more importantly, this timeless architecture is informed by its Texas surroundings. Over the last few years, builders have refined the rustic roots of this movement to create contemporary versions. In places like Terraza Hills, located southwest of Fort Worth…

Front Porch Charm and Backyard Spa Define This 1940 McKinney Home

By Joy Donovan | March 27, 2026 |

It’s a good thing the house at 1304 W. Hunt St. has space for rocking chairs on its front porch. The home’s next owner might need to rock and think (and rock and think) about all the possibilities for this home just under a mile from historic Downtown McKinney. This 1940 one-story sits on a…

Dallas Institution Weir’s Furniture Is Closing; Going-Out-of-Business Sale Starts Today

By Shelby Skrhak | March 26, 2026 |

All four North Texas stores will close by early summer, and the company owns the real estate under every location — leaving some valuable properties likely to change hands. Weir’s Furniture, the place where generations of Dallas families furnished their homes — and Country Store popcorn placated their children — is closing after 78 years…

Dallas Wings, Not the City, Will Take Lead on $81M Basketball Team Facility Project

By Charles Grand | March 26, 2026 |

Construction on the Dallas Wings’ long-delayed practice facility in West Oak Cliff may finally move forward after the Dallas City Council voted 13-2 on Wednesday to shift development of the team facility from the City to the WNBA team itself. The city had to rework the deal with the Wings following significant delays, cost overruns,…