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Challenge Accepted: This North Texas Luxury Brokerage Has Just Redefined The Agent-Broker Relationship

By Candy Evans | August 9, 2023 |

There is something about one North Texas luxury brokerage that defies description. It has a quality of, well, quality that permeates everything it does — an excellence that sets it apart.  We’re talking about Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, the local brokerage founded here in Dallas — the Park Cities, to be precise — in 1960. From its…

Summer Home Inspections Reveal That Heat Is Hard on Your House

By Brenda Masse | August 9, 2023 |

Buying a home during the summer has certain advantages, because you can see the house functioning under conditions you’ll want to know about when you’re living in it. This week, I asked our home inspectors for their thoughts about things home buyers can pay particular attention to during the summer. Is there a difference between…

Pardon the Rhyme, But This Maple Heights Place is Your New Contemporary Space

By Shelby Skrhak | August 9, 2023 |

This week’s Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Dallas mortgage broker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial, takes us to the up-and-coming neighborhood of Maple Heights, where there is close-by everywhere and this is your comfort place, even if you technically share a wall in the same place. I’m swear I’m not Dr. Seuss. Just…

Beat The Heat (or Hot Flash) With This Australian Clubhouse For Menopausal Women

By Mimi Perez | August 9, 2023 |

I have reached a point in my life where some things are abundantly clear. The heatwave we are currently enduring does nothing positive for 55-year-old menopausal women. Our clubhouse is located in the dairy section of your local Sam’s. You will find us all just standing there finding sweet, sweet relief as the chillers blow…

City Plan Commission Green Lights Transit-Oriented Development Near Walnut Hill DART Station 

By April Towery | August 9, 2023 |

The Dallas City Plan Commission last week greenlit a mixed-income housing development within walking distance of the Walnut Hill DART Station. The Asana Partners project calls for up to 1,740 apartments and the redevelopment of an area desperate for a facelift.  Watch the full discussion on zoning item 8 at the Aug. 3 CPC meeting…

RE/MAX DFW Associates Has Listed Your Perfect Home in Las Colinas

By Karen Eubank | August 8, 2023 |

More than 50 years ago, millionaire Ben H. Carpenter had a vision for his family ranch in what we know today as Las Colinas. In 1968, when the plans for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport were announced, he knew North Texas would be forever changed, and so would the family’s enormous ranch at Hackberry Creek. In…