Dallas real estate news

Title Tip: Weed Insure it if We Could

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 20, 2018 /

Today’s Title Tip is a weedy issue if you’re considering a different kind of ‘joint’ ownership. It involves getting title insurance for a property being acquired to use for marijuana-related business enterprises. While medical or recreational use of marijuana is not legal in Texas, there are plenty of folks who think it could be some…

Lavon Traditional Keeps the Thanksgiving Chef In the Conversations

By Bethany Erickson / November 20, 2018 /

Last week, we asked Realtors to pitch us listings that addressed a common Thanksgiving conundrum — space to serve many, and space to cook it in. Our Tuesday Two Hundred is a great example of a home where that was taken into consideration — a beautiful three-bedroom, two-bath Traditional in Lavon that was built three…

Mortgage Report: The State of The Global Economy And Your Mortgage

By Joanna England / November 19, 2018 /

It’s not too much of a reach to think about how your homebuying experience could be affected by the global economy. Bob Johnson (AKA BobMortgage), senior vice president of the nation’s oldest private lender — Wallick & Volk — serves it up in this 80th episode of the Mortgage Report. Concerns regarding Brexit in the…

Splurge vs. Steal: Give Thanks For These Clean-Lined Beauties In Greenway Parks

By Amy Puchaty / November 19, 2018 /

We found two incredible Greenway Parks family homes that were made for Thanksgiving! With light and airy floor plans, gourmet kitchens, and dining rooms to make momma proud, it’ll be hard to choose between this week’s Splurge vs. Steal. Which Greenway Parks home is more you, the Farmhouse Splurge or the Contemporary Steal?

So About That School Board Meeting …

By Bethany Erickson / November 19, 2018 /

It was one of the more odd school board meetings I’ve covered, and I once watched a superintendent get fired over a $50,000 corrugated metal building, and sat through a back and forth about two percent versus whole milk that ended in tears. But last Thursday’s regularly called Dallas ISD board of trustees meeting ranks…