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Storybook Gnome Home is Unique House Porn

By Mimi Perez | August 24, 2022 |

“Storybook home coming to life” is the perfect description for the home featured in this week’s column. I have lost track of the number of times I have mentioned my never ending desire to have magical woodland creatures come to my home to clean my bathroom, wash my floors and cook a couple of meals. …

Something Broken? A Little Tape Should Fix That Right Up

By Brenda Masse | August 24, 2022 |

What in the world did we do before the invention of tape? Duct tape, masking tape, scotch tape, packing tape — I could go on. So many different kinds of tape to accomplish so many different handy tasks. And wouldn’t it be great if more of the things that go wrong around the house could…

This City Is Tops in Texas for Fixer-Uppers, and It’s Not The One You Think It Is

By Marlin Weso | August 23, 2022 |

Which Texas city is a haven for fixer-uppers? If you replied, Waco, you’ve been watching the Magnolia Network or HGTV too much. Dallas is the No. 1 spot in Texas to buy a fixer-upper. RentCafé researched the nation’s 50 biggest cities and ranked Dallas seventh in its latest study. RentCafé used 11 key indicators of…

More Than 3,500 Homes Planned For Fields ‘City Within a City’ Development in Frisco

By April Towery | August 23, 2022 |

Everything’s bigger in Frisco by the looks of a 2,500-acre “developer’s dream” site off the Dallas North Tollway that will include homes, apartments, lakes, parks, offices, and hotels.  The $10 billion Fields project was announced about a year ago and developers signed Taylor Morrison Homes as its first builder. Republic Property Group and Crow Holdings…

North Texas Real Estate Agent Katherine Schwab Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge For Jan. 6 Role

By Candy Evans | August 23, 2022 |

Katherine Stavely Schwab’s real estate license status is inactive, and she has until September 30 to renew it. But right now, she may have other concerns. The former Century 21 Mike Bowman agent pleaded guilty last Thursday to a federal charge for her participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, mayhem at the U.S. Capitol. Schwab…

Ready to Rec: Finally a Cute, Newer Build in Dallas For Less Than $300K

By Nikki Barringer | August 23, 2022 |

A house in Dallas built after 2000 for under $300,000. Let me rephrase, a three-bedroom, two-bathroom, newer construction house in Dallas for $280,000. Yeah. It’s happening people. It’s right here. Out near Interstate 35 and Red Bird. It’s close to Downtown Dallas, the University of North Texas Dallas Campus and the recently remodeled Singing Hills…