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Modern Luxury Uses 2026 Real Estate Awards to Take Pulse of Local Real Estate

By CandysDirt | February 5, 2026 |

CandysDirt.com readers spend plenty of time watching the Dallas real estate market — tracking trends, touring listings, and keeping tabs on the agents and brokers shaping the industry. Now’s the chance to weigh in. Our friends at Modern Luxury Dallas have opened nominations for its 2026 Real Estate Awards, their annual recognition of the professionals…

Alli Caudle Bush’s Labor of Love: Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Agent Lists Her Knox Retreat

By CandysDirt | February 4, 2026 |

Real estate advisor Alli Caudle Bush is used to guiding clients through sometimes emotional purchases and sales. She just never imagined it could happen to her one day. We sit down with the expert agent at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty to talk about 3510 Edgewater Street in Dallas — not only her own first home…

Mayor Eric Johnson to Business Leaders: Dallas Isn’t Suburbia — and That’s the Point

By Charles Grand | February 4, 2026 |

If Dallas is going to stay competitive, it has to lean into its identity as a pro-business urban center to leverage corporate flight from less-hospitable environments and stave off D-FW’s suburban upstarts, according to Mayor Eric Johnson. Speaking at a Metroplex Civic & Business Association luncheon on Tuesday, Johnson highlighted some of the concrete indicators…

Bespoke Oak Lawn Condo Has Award-Winning Architectural Pedigree for an Unbelievable Price

By Brenda Masse | February 4, 2026 |

There are lots of fun and unique condos to be found in the Oak Lawn area, but when you start to use words like “spectacular” and “inspired,” that list gets shorter. Throw in “designed by an architect,” and the list becomes really short. Now add “multiple award-winning,” and you’re likely left with one. That would…

Fairy Tale or Fever Dream? This ‘Ultra-Moody’ Missouri Home Delivers Both

By Mimi Perez | February 4, 2026 |

“Welcome to the most whimsical, dreamy and ultra-moody home near Hannibal’s Historic Downtown District!” That is the first line of the description of this week’s featured home. I have seen Realtors use the words whimsical and dreamy to describe a home, but ultra-moody? That’s a first. Ultra-moody makes the house sound like a mean teenager…

Find Serenity on Surrey Circle in This Bernbaum/Magadini Architects Beauty

By CandysDirt | February 3, 2026 |

Tucked quietly into the beloved Upper Devonshire neighborhood and set on nearly a half-acre across from a tranquil lake, 5420 Surrey Circle unfolds as a masterclass in warm, livable contemporary design. Now offered by Allie Beth Allman & Associates agent Lucinda Buford, 5420 Surrey Circle is looking for its next chapter. If a home is…