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Feast Your Eyes and Give Thanks for These Holiday Weekend Open Houses 

By April Towery | November 24, 2022 |

After the dishes are cleared this Thanksgiving Day, take a drive around the city and check out a few open houses, featuring Dallas-Fort Worth’s finest dining rooms and best yards for Christmas decor. You might find there’s a lot for which to be thankful.  From a million-dollar stunner in Greenway Park to a brand-new modern…

Candy Evans: DCAD’s Online Outage ‘Giving Everyone More Headaches’

By Marlin Weso | November 24, 2022 |

The long duration of the DCAD online outage has had an impact on North Texas real estate agents, Candy Evans of CandysDirt.com told NBC5.

Rainbow House Reigns When It Comes to Fun

By Mimi Perez | November 23, 2022 |

I love The Rainbow House. No quirky story or mockery this week, just pure love from yours truly to this gem located next to one of my most favorite national parks, Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree artist Patrick Hasson spent two years meticulously hand-painting every wall of The Rainbow House.  “It is the largest…

Builders of Hope Development to Offer 20 Affordable Homes in West Dallas

By April Towery | November 23, 2022 |

Just 2,370 new housing units were added to the Dallas tax rolls in 2021, a city council member mentioned in a phone interview with CandysDirt.com last week.  Maybe that’s a pandemic problem. Maybe it’s the result of inflation or high construction costs. Maybe it can be attributed to the City of Dallas permitting debacle.  The…

Why HGTV’s ‘No Demo Reno’ Is Coming Back for a Third Season

By Marlin Weso | November 23, 2022 |

HGTV’s No Demo Reno with designer Jenn Todryk, who makes central Collin County her home base, will be back for a 12-episode third season next summer.

Home Inspector Thankful For Dangerous Finding

By Brenda Masse | November 23, 2022 |

A pretty scary video came from one of the inspectors yesterday, and I thought, “Thank goodness he was there!” He had done an inspection on a house that was vacant, and well, you’ll see what he found. Had he not detected the problem, the owners or the Realtor could have walked into a very dangerous…