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The housing market seems downright ghastly this time of year (especially this year!), but experts say the fall and winter months represent the best times of the year to purchase a new dwelling. Analysts with ATTOM Data Solutions told CandysDirt.com that the best home-buying days nationally are Nov. 28, Jan. 9, Dec. 5, Dec. 26,…
A veritable historic extravaganza is coming up next week. Noted architect and preservationist Willis Winters is being hosted by The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts at the architecturally significant Turner House on Oct. 20. Winters’s lecture, “The Work of Charles Stevens Dilbeck ( A Tale of Two Cities),” is about one of the leading…
Since it came on the scene, Pacaso has courted some amount of controversy. However, that hasn’t kept the second home investment company from growing at a rapid pace. However, this year’s quick growth has practically evaporated as the company, founded by two Zillow alums, has laid off a third of its staff. Of course, Pacaso…
I have a funny story to share with you. When my husband was writing his dissertation, my daughter, our dog, and I left to go visit Grandma and Grandpa so he could work in peace. I asked my younger nephew, who was 16 at the time, to come along, and off we went to Gulf…
It’s October, and at Green Scene Home Inspections, we LOVE Halloween. If you don’t believe me, here’s our owner, Clayton, at a recent Nails & Knowledge event for Realtors. Yep, those are candy corn pants. Anyway, we love to decorate, and we have a big costume contest at the end of the month and everything.…
Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the best U.S. city for families, according to Fortune Magazine, but it’s the No. 2 spot — Collin County’s Wylie, Texas — that caught our eye and maybe even had us asking, “You sure about that?” People across the country have been conducting online searches of “Wylie, Texas” lately, in part…
