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Suburb Sunday: 3 Prosper Homes That Offer the Best of Both Worlds

By Daniel Lalley | February 12, 2023 |

As the DFW region continues to evolve, expand, and extend, families are flocking to North Texas. With a network of suburbs to rival any metropolitan area in the world, residents here enjoy a higher standard of living. In fact, new research by the University of Pennsylvania found that Plano and Frisco ranked five and six…

What’s Developing: UnionMain Homes Debuts in Lavon’s Lake Breeze Community

By Shelby Skrhak | February 12, 2023 |

From Staff Reports UnionMain Homes at Lake Breeze is a new master-planned community in Lavon, Texas set to open this month. Lake Breeze offers spacious, modern floor plans on oversized lots with close access to Lake Lavon in the Community ISD. With a wide range of floorplans and lot sizes, there’s something for everyone. UnionMain Homes offers…

Signs of Spring Are Evident in These Open Houses Today

By CandysDirt | February 11, 2023 |

If there’s anything severe weather events teach us, it’s that beauty and normalcy eventually return. Parts of the recent ice storm were kinda fun: staying in our jammies longer than usual, taking a break from traffic and rushing around, going through all the groceries we stockpiled, and making s’mores in the fireplace perhaps. Other parts,…

This Stellar Gun Barrel City Home Has Lake Views And Lots of Updates

By Nikki Barringer | February 11, 2023 |

Gun Barrel City, pew pew. It’s the only city in the country with that name. You can double-check. This according to local Realtor and local expert, Keller Williams’ Jamye Montgomery. She’s lived there since 2003 and when it comes to Texas lakes and lake houses, lake fronts, and cities that surround them, she knows her…

In Past Lives, He Sold Wine and Automobiles. Now Jim Striegel Enjoys Success Selling Real Estate

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | February 11, 2023 |

By Rick Mauch Candy’s Dirt Contributor Jim Striegel doesn’t have time to get bored. He stays busy being successful. During his life of 66 years, he has hit home runs in the automobile dealership, the wine business, clothing, and for the past 22 years in the real estate business as a Realtor with JPAR Real…

Casa Escondida is an Urban Getaway Hiding In Prime Crestline Location

By Eric Prokesh | February 10, 2023 |

Each week I endeavor to find unique properties worthy of reader attention, and this week’s feature couldn’t be more unique — even bordering on idiosyncratic. Casa Escondida (“hidden house” in Spanish) is my moniker for this house, which is hiding in a prime Westside location off Crestline Road within walking distance of River Crest Country…