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This North Dallas Home Looks So Good You’ll Think It’s Staged

By Nikki Barringer | August 2, 2022 |

Two years ago, Ebby Halliday’s Janine Bayer helped her incredibly tasteful buyers purchase this home. Bayer said at the time it was a blank slate with a great layout. And now, it’s so good it received multiple offers and a call for best and final within days of hitting the market. And yes, that has…

Title Tip: The Truth About Title Theft

By Lydia Blair | August 2, 2022 |

Why pay for something when you can get it free? Have you seen or heard the many ads for title theft services on TV, social media, and talk radio? “Title protection” companies are aggressively claiming that title theft is “sweeping the nation” and is “one of the fastest-growing crimes” in America. These misleading and persistent…

Frank Talley Designed This Super Cool Modern in Fort Worth’s Westover Hills

By Seth Fowler | August 2, 2022 |

I find it sort of ironic, given how hot and dry it has been recently, that in the past few editions of Tarrant County Tuesday we have highlighted luxurious homes surrounded by lush and mature trees with spectacular views of the Tarrant County landscape. This week we find a truly unique home nestled among holes…

Three Things to Know: Jackpots, Jobs Reports, And … Inflation!

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | August 1, 2022 |

By Ryan Casey Stephens,  FPQP®Special Contributor Just like that, the first week of August is here. As vacations wind down and thoughts of back-to-school creep into our minds, let’s look at the three things you need to know this week.  Jackpot! People tend to spend record amounts of money in lotteries during difficult financial seasons,…

A Closer Look at How Other Texas Cities Deal With Short-Term Rentals

By April Towery | August 1, 2022 |

Dallas has been wrestling with the issue of whether to change the code allowing short-term rentals in residential areas, but it’s not the only city that’s had to evaluate the matter. When Airbnb announced in June that party houses and “open-invite gatherings” of more than 16 people are permanently prohibited following a trial period due…

Braswell Homes Built a Transitional Hill Country-Style in Monsterrat That Impresses

By Karen Eubank | August 1, 2022 |

When you think of the name “Montserrat,” you may imagine I’m going to tell you about a vacation home in the beautiful Spanish mountain community or on the Caribbean island with the same name.  No. This Montserrat is better because fewer people know about it, and that’s part of the attraction. Our Montserrat is one…