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High Atop the Gold Crest on Turtle Creek, Life Imitates Art

By Shelby Skrhak | September 17, 2023 |

If you’re really really observant here on CandysDirt.com, you’ll notice that we typically feature the Highlight Home sponsored by Dallas mortgage banker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial on Wednesdays. But today’s Sunday, Shelby. You’re really late. Well, you wouldn’t be the first person to tell me that — today — but this time I waited…

Run! This East Dallas Ju-Nel Dream Just Listed And It’s Open All Weekend

By Nikki Barringer | September 16, 2023 |

Compass RE’s Jennifer Rice has this real deal East Dallas Ju-Nel and it’s spectacular. For the uninitiated, Ju-Nels are a brand of distinctive Dallas Midcentury Modern homes built by a builder duo who named their company after their wives, Julie and Nelda. This is actually the second time we’ve featured this fun Ju-Nel in Eastwood…

Bridgette Harrington Has a Triple Treat in North Dallas’ Exclusive Los Arboles Gated Community

By Karen Eubank | September 16, 2023 |

Everyone wants a peek behind the gates of Los Arboles. Nestled into 30 acres just off of Forest Lane, it’s filled with mature trees, sparkling ponds, dramatic water features, and some of the most beautiful estate homes in Dallas. If you value privacy and proximity to downtown, there is no better place to live than…

Real Estate’s Biggest Thinkers Gathered at The Peerage Realty Partners Summit This Month

By Candy Evans | September 15, 2023 |

Russ Anderson had us at these words: “The industry is taking notice. I hope you do, too.” The president of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty had an intriguing letter recently in The Wall Street Journal as part of the brokerage’s full-page ad each Friday in the Mansion section. Anderson wrote about a September summit in…

Who’s Afraid of Bold Color? Not The Owner of This Fort Worth Midcentury Modern

By Joy Donovan | September 15, 2023 |

Bold and creative describes both Shauna Glenn and the unique Fort Worth Midcentury Modern she unflinchingly reimagined. Glenn’s personal home that she shares with her husband, Jeff Jones, is on the market. It’s a riot of color mixed up with Midcentury Modern, reflecting the signature style her decorating clients hire her for. “It’s decorating with…

Compass Agent Michelle Hopson Defines Dedication in Real Estate

By Daniel Lalley | September 15, 2023 |

In the past two decades, the real estate world has proven to be anything but easy-going. With the 2008 financial crisis and the recent red-hot post-pandemic market, this business isn’t for the faint of heart. However, factoring a life-changing battle with breast cancer into this equation calls for a whole different kind of stamina. Compass…