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Lovely Belmont Craftsman Tops Our Dallas Area Open Houses Weekly Roundup

By Leah Shafer / December 1, 2016 /

Every week, we scour the homes for sale to find the best and brightest for our Thursday CandysDirt.com Open House Roundup. We’ve found Dallas area open houses that will delight you this weekend, ranging in price from $419,900 to $749K. You’ll find a variety of properties, from the impeccable Belmont Craftsman pictured above, to a renovated Merriman Park…

Magazine-Worthy Turtle Creek Condo Offers Sleek Midcentury Looks, Contemporary Style

By Leah Shafer / November 22, 2016 /

Midcentury modern lovers, we’ve found the place of your dreams on tony Turtle Creek Boulevard. Located at 3701 Turtle Creek Blvd. Apt. 4E, this chic and sleek unit is magazine worthy, overlooking the creek from the fourth story. Its retro style is modernized with contemporary touches, like an updated kitchen with a European look in all white.…

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Agent & Columnist Len Bourland Pens Park Cities Tell-All

By Candy Evans / November 3, 2016 /

I have known, and loved, Len Bourland for a long time. We were both writers, mothers, and married to physicians when we met back in the ’80s. Moving to Dallas from New York City, switching roles from working producer to freelancing mom, was sort of shocking to my then much younger system. Meeting Len was…

Spectacular Swiss Avenue Foursquare Priaire Wows In Our DFW Open Houses

By Leah Shafer / November 3, 2016 /

Every Thursday, we delight in bringing you the CandysDirt Open Houses of the Week column, your insider’s view of what’s on the market, and which houses you’ve got to see this weekend. We pick five fabulous open houses in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you shouldn’t miss. This week, our houses range in price from $329,900 to…

Former CBS Producer Mary Mapes puts Her Swiss Avenue Home on the Market

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2016 /

Mary Mapes is the CBS News producer who lived the life fantastic as Dan Rather’s principal producer for 60 Minutes. In 1999, their collaborative work culminated in a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for an investigative report on abuses in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. But Mapes and Rather, as you may recall, are also known…