Dallas real estate news

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…

Aging Queen Anne Victorian in Old East Dallas Shines Again

By Bethany Erickson / October 14, 2018 /

When orthodontist Patricia Simon isn’t straightening the teeth of Lakewood residents, she tends to be restoring Dallas homes, including her home in the Peak Suburban Addition Historic District she restored with her husband, Kyle. When the two finished their home, they turned their attention to an aging 1902 Queen Anne Victorian on Moreland Avenue that…

Freeze or Lock, Safeguarding Your Child’s Credit History Can Save Them Later

By Bethany Erickson / October 14, 2018 /

Do you know if your child has a credit history? I’ll admit, even with all my work busting scams and investigating consumer complaints, I had never really taken the time to check. But that’s changing — and many parents we talked to said they’ve either frozen or locked their child’s credit or are considering it,…