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Oh, Plano!  We Did Not Expect This Cutting-Edge Soft Contemporary

By Karen Eubank / July 29, 2024 /

Plano is not the place that immediately comes to mind when shopping for a cutting-edge soft contemporary luxury home. That’s not a diss. Plano is known as a fantastic place to raise a family. In fact, last year, WalletHub named it the No. 1 Best City in Texas to Raise a Family and the fourth…

These 3 Carrollton Homes Make Perfect Suburban Sanctuaries

By Daniel Lalley / April 16, 2023 /

If you take DART’s Green Line due north, you will eventually discover Downtown Carrollton. This beautiful bedroom community has long been known as a top destination for Dallasites seeking suburban surroundings. Situated in three counties, Collin, Denton, and Dallas, this city offers a pristine quality of life, abundant parks, good schools, and outstanding neighborhoods. Also,…

Splurge vs Steal: Far North Dallas

By Leah Shafer / September 10, 2018 /

Far North Dallas is the place to be if you’re looking for bigger homes and a more suburban lifestyle north of LBJ Freeway. It’s the last stop in the city before you get into Plano and it is bordered by Addison and Richardson, too, so the schools are generally quite good (Richardson and Plano ISDs). …

Our Dallas Open Houses Include Tudor Featured in Vickery Place Home Tour

By Leah Shafer / August 16, 2018 /

Every week, we pound the pavement and find the Dallas open houses you don’t want to miss that weekend. This week, our roundup includes a 1926 Tudor included in the Vickery Place Home Tour a couple of years ago.   This is the CandysDirt.com Open Houses column. This week, our houses range in price from $359,000 to $1.1 million. Which ones…