Dallas real estate news

Lake Highlands Realtor Travels to Nicaragua to Giveback Homes

By Joanna England / July 20, 2015 /

  With every commission check Nathan Grace Realtor Carrie Hill receives, a portion of that helps build homes for the less fortunate. What she gets back, though, is priceless. Hill has now helped on two projects with Giveback Homes, a purpose-driven network of Realtors that works in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity. With two builds…

In Downtown Dallas, What’s Old is New Again Says Chase Heckendorn

By Joanna England / July 20, 2015 /

By Chase Heckendorn Special Contributor There’s a growing trend nationwide toward restoring and repurposing historic buildings — celebrating the old and introducing the new. Nowhere is this more apparent than in downtown Dallas, which is home to two exciting restorations. Properties steeped in history live on as residential high-rises, where generations to come can create…

A Unique Home Requires Unique Marketing to Find The Right Buyer, Says Barbara Arredondo

By Joanna England / July 14, 2015 /

There are a few Dallas homes that are so unique that they earn a permanent spot in the bit of our brains exclusively wired for real estate. For me, this Eastwood midcentury modern that was completely re-imagined by architect D’J Perkison is one of those homes. You probably had the distinct pleasure of touring this…

Why Wait? Here’s The Preston Center Traffic Plan – NOW

By Jon Anderson / July 10, 2015 /

As CandysDirt.com readers (and likely most all of Dallas) know, Councilwoman Jennifer Gates formed a task force to hire a consultant to tell them how bad traffic and parking are in the Preston Road and Northwest Highway area. Granted the scope of the project is much larger (see map), but this intersection is where the…

Featured Realtor: Gia Marshello Has Sage Advice For Buyers and Sellers

By Joanna England / July 9, 2015 /

We are absolutely thrilled to feature Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty Vice President Gia Marshello today. Why? Well, besides the fact that she’s just about the nicest person on the planet, she’s also immensely successful and absolutely down-to-earth at the same time. How is that possible? Seriously, we want to know! A native of New…