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This Expertly Remodeled Hackberry Creek Dream Home is no Hand-me-Down

By Karen Eubank | January 10, 2023 |

Family homes often remain in the family. Seldom, however, do they receive a makeover quite this glamorous. When Sapna and Jai Desai needed a larger home for their growing family, her parents had just decided it was time to downsize from their large Hackberry Creek home. Talk about perfect timing. Of course, when you move…

Could Horned Frogs’ Championship Run Force a ‘Flutie Effect’ For Fort Worth Real Estate?

By Seth Fowler | January 10, 2023 |

After tonight’s game, we want the TCU Horned Frogs to know that they’re still the champions of our hearts here at Tarrant County Tuesday. Regardless, it has been a magical and impressive football season for the Frogs and their first-year head coach, Sonny Dykes. Even from a die-hard, burnt-orange-bleeding, bow tie-wearing Realtor like myself, I…

Oak Lawn or McKinney? Take Your Townhome vs. Condo Pick For $375K

By Nikki Barringer | January 10, 2023 |

As I sat down to find a property to feature this week, I came across two. One is a condo and one is a townhome and they are set in wildly different worlds. Both will set you back $375,000. One is in the heart of Dallas on Bowser Avenue in Oak Lawn, and one is…

Three Things to Know About Mortgage Rates And Why Everyone Has Eyes on Jerome Powell

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | January 9, 2023 |

By Ryan Casey Stephens,  FPQP®Special Contributor If we’re going to see a real estate recovery this year, we need to radically improve affordability. The good news is it’s only the second full week of the year, and things are already off to a solid start. Mortgage rates have fallen nearly half a percent since New…

New Year, New Look: Christy Berry Lists a Stunning Preston Hollow Transformation

By Karen Eubank | January 9, 2023 |

It’s time to embrace transformation and act as better stewards of our existing homes. Razing a house is seldom the best option, and this Preston Hollow transformation is a spectacular example of what should be done to ready a house for today’s market. Listing today, this 4,912-square-foot property with five bedrooms (including a large bedroom…

Dallas City Council to Revisit Lake Highlands ‘Hotel From Hell’ Rezoning at Feb. 22 Meeting

By April Towery | January 9, 2023 |

The ever-growing list of items deferred to 2023 is now facing a panel of Dallas City Council members, the majority of whom are seeking re-election. One such item is Zoning Case No. 22-2168. The site in question is an Extended Stay America Hotel that’s been a hotbed of criminal activity on the north side of…