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Phil Crone: For Dallas Builders, 2020 Was Our Finest Hour

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 7, 2021 /

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association What will you tell people when they ask you to describe 2020? What will your story be a decade from now?  I suspect in either case you’ll recall the uncertainty, fear, tragedy, and turmoil that gripped the world. Also, how your business adapted and overcame some of…

Best of 2020: 4 Reasons to Buy a Second Home in Marfa, Texas

By Mary Cate Long / January 1, 2021 /

[Editor’s Note: This year has been a decade, right? So many things happened, lots of things were postponed, and houses continued to sell despite it all. While the SecondShelters..com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2020. Enjoy!] Mary Cate: If we’re being…

Here Are 3 Housing Options in Austin For Elon Musk, Our New Texan

By Tommy Cummings / December 28, 2020 /

It looks like California’s continuing exodus into Texas will include Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In face of COVID-19 restrictions this spring, Musk tweeted that he’s had it with California and will be taking his business from Palo Alto, Calif., to Austin, where he’s building a new factory. But the next speculation: Where exactly will Musk…

Best of 2020: Is It Better To Read The DMN’s Real Estate Coverage Backwards?

By Jon Anderson / December 28, 2020 /

[Editor’s Note: This year has been a decade, right? So many things happened, lots of things were postponed, and houses continued to sell despite it all. While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2020. Enjoy!] Jon: You might think my…

We May Be In The COVID Home Stretch, But Manchester Plays it Safe With Your Loved Ones

By Candy Evans / December 17, 2020 /

Funny how the best Christmas present you can get this year is a vaccine! We may be in the home stretch of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it won’t be long before we can return to a somewhat normal way of living our lives, which will include seeing, visiting and HUGGING our elderly loved ones. Even…