Dallas real estate news

Hit These Gorgeous Lake Highlands Open Houses This Weekend

By Bethany Erickson / October 18, 2018 /

Lake Highlands is sought after — that’s no revelation. So when we found three homes in three different price points that all have open houses this week, we knew we hit the jackpot for our CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week. This week, our houses range in price from $489,000 to $1.175 million. Which ones…

Updated Midcentury Ranch Corners the Market For The Perfect First Home

By Bethany Erickson / October 18, 2018 /

When you’re a young family, you look for certain things in your first home — and first and foremost, you’re probably going to be looking for the home that can give you the most bang for your buck. It’s one of the reason we bring our readers regular features like the Tuesday Two Hundred and…

Renters Won’t Budge on Price and Location According to Apartment Guide Report

By Joanna England / October 18, 2018 /

After some North Texans sell their homes, a significant portion of them rent in the interim before finding their next one. Couple that with the Pew Research Center study alleging that the population of apartment dwellers is growing by leaps, with a 5 percent increase in the last decade — the highest in 50 years.…

AIA Dallas Tour of Homes Features Kessler Parkway Modern Built For Family Life

By Joanna England / October 17, 2018 /

When Rene Gracia bought his Kessler Parkway home, everything was completely wrong with it. The floor plan didn’t work for modern family life, and the home itself didn’t take full advantage of the hilltop lot and treetop views it afforded. Not wanting to throw the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak, Gracia enlisted…

The One Where the Listing Photos Are Virtually Amazing (or Something)

By Bethany Erickson / October 17, 2018 /

Listen, we know Realtors are busy people. You have houses to show, buyers to drive around, sellers to cajole, closings to sit through. And on top of all that, you’re in charge of making sure the photos effectively market the houses you’re listing. Exhausting.