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New Construction In Rockwall Among This Weekend’s Open Houses 

By April Towery | September 1, 2022 |

This week’s open houses are four-bedroom beauties with open floor plans and entertainers’ amenities. Each has its own special features, and suffice it to say they’re all worth popping in on to take a closer look. We found a woodsy retreat in Highlands North and a custom Prestonwood remodel — but the real MVP is…

Get Ready to Have Your Timbers Shivered on This Houseboat Fit For a Swashbuckler

By Mimi Perez | September 1, 2022 |

Virginia is for lovers but it is also for scallywags, saucy serving wenches, and pirate ships. If the pirate’s life has ever called to you, then you need to reach out to Capt. Dan Corder. “Capt. Dan” has refurbished 33 ships in a pirate theme and his latest creation is on the market right now for $49K…

Another Metro Area Is Poised to Overtake Dallas-Fort Worth in Apartment Development

By Marlin Weso | August 31, 2022 |

Dallas-Fort Worth is projected to be the hottest metro area in terms of new development, specifically apartment deliveries, in 2022, according to a RentCafé study.

In Burleson, We Found Home on the Range

By Shelby Skrhak | August 31, 2022 |

Some homes just speak to you. They tell you they’re contemporary or comfortable. Sleek or soulful. High-maintenance or homey. But this custom-built Burleson home listed by Eddie Wilbanks with the CW Group of Compass RE Texas didn’t speak to me. It sang. “Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and…

Dallas, We Have a Plan: Zoning Could Get Easier And Faster, Says Director of Planning and Urban Design

By April Towery | August 31, 2022 |

Dallas leaders recently took on the tasks of overhauling a 35-year-old development code, drafting a comprehensive future land use map, and digitizing boxes of paper records. It’s a long, arduous process, but the end result will be well worth it, according to the city’s director of planning and urban design.  Julia Ryan has worked in…

Dog Crate House Asks ‘What The Shih Tzu?’

By Mimi Perez | August 31, 2022 |

In January 2020 we adopted a rescue dog. He had just turned one. He is half Corgi, half Chihuahua, half shepherd, half Lord knows what else. (No, we didn’t major in math.) He is a side-sitter. He has a long, tubular body with exceptionally stubby legs. We named him Hazel.  Do I need to say…