Dallas real estate news

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.

East Dallas Charmer Perfectly Priced for First-Time Buyers

By Bethany Erickson / October 16, 2018 /

It’s not often you find an East Dallas home with four bedrooms and two baths for less than $250,000, which is why Lauri Ann Hanson with Dave-Perry Miller InTown knew to alert us that she had what she calls “a unicorn.” And that unicorn, which is located on 11336 Quail Run St., was a perfect…

Pinkerton Explains Proposed TRE Resolution Before Board Thursday

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 16, 2018 /

Editor’s Note: On Aug. 16, the Dallas ISD board of trustees voted 7-1 to put a 13-cent Tax Ratification Election (or TRE) on the Nov. 6 ballot. District 7 Trustee Audrey Pinkerton has proposed a resolution regarding the funds garnered from that property tax rate increase, should voters approve it. We asked her to explain…

Absentee Ballot Correction Causes Some Voter Confusion

By Bethany Erickson / October 15, 2018 /

Anna Wilson was expecting her absentee ballot to arrive in her mailbox at Washington University in St. Louis sometime this month. But she was surprised to open her mailbox to find two envelopes bearing ballots from the Dallas County Elections Department. “I think these were actually sent out at slightly different times,” the college student…