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Why Does CandysDirt.com Cover Dallas City Hall? Come For Luxury Listings, Stay For Zoning And Land Use

By April Towery / April 29, 2024 /

Occasionally I’m asked why a real estate news site covers Dallas City Hall. Shouldn’t we stick to what CandysDirt.com has done best since 2011: celebrity real estate, luxury listings, and “house porn”? I began freelancing for CandysDirt.com in 2019, writing a weekly feature on open houses. In 2022, as the redistricting process was heating up…

#Dallas is One of The Most Instagrammable Metropolitan Areas in Texas 

By April Towery / December 20, 2022 /

Dear readers, we know you’ve snapped a pic at Dealey Plaza near that infamous X. You’ve taken a selfie near the 30-foot “Eye at The Joule,” and you’ve definitely gone live from the Cotton Bowl.  Your hashtags have been collected and analyzed, and they’ve made Dallas one of the most Instagrammable metros in the Lone…

Best in the Biz: Saluting the Stoneleigh’s Donna Smith

By Elaine Raffel / May 11, 2020 /

I understood immediately why publisher Candy Evans wanted Donna Smith to be named “Best in the Biz.” The charismatic Residences at the Stoneleigh sales manager obviously knows how to get things done.

Pitch-Perfect North Texas Open Houses For Your Weekend Planning

By Bethany Erickson / July 25, 2019 /

Just yesterday we noticed something — our usual slow summer just wasn’t happening. The market here in North Texas is still moving quickly.  If you’re a Realtor, you may be wondering how your listing will stand out among the sea of open houses and other listings. Fortunately, we have some answers, and one of them…

CandysDirt Wins Award at NAREE With Story Linking Healthcare to Housing Insecurity

By CandysDirt / June 29, 2019 /

Our Bethany Erickson won at the National Association of Real Estate Editor’s 69th Annual Journalism Awards last night with a report on how affordable healthcare impacts housing security. The judges said: “This in-depth piece on how basic to catastrophic illnesses affect someone’s ability to pay their mortgage is based on a study that was the…