Dallas real estate news

Thursday Three Hundred: Spread Out! With a Double Lot, This Home on Walnut Hill Has The Space You Crave

By Joanna England / May 8, 2014 /

Not every home is a great buy because of the finish-out, the appliances, or the landscaping. Some of them are outstanding buys because of the lot. So while there are some things I love about 3806 Walnut Hill, a 1952 traditional ranch in the Marsh Lane subdivision, it’s the almost half acre lot that has…

Get a Sneak Peek at “The Crown Jewel of Swiss Avenue” Before it Hits The Mother’s Day Home Tour

By Joanna England / May 8, 2014 /

We already told you that Elizabeth Mast and her partner, Robby Sturgeon, will be listing the incredible Stubbs House at 6543 La Vista for $1.5 million. Well, I got to tour this home last night at their open house before the Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour, and I was just blown away. Just floored!…

Highland House in Preston Center Town Hall Meeting Next Tuesday Evening

By Candy Evans / May 7, 2014 /

Got word yesterday from City Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates that she is hosting a town-hall meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 at Northway Christian Church, giving homeowners a chance to learn more about the proposed luxury high-rise apartment community called Highland House that Luke Crosland wants to build in the heart of Preston Center, hear about…

100 Years Later, Christine Loh’s Swiss Avenue Mansion is Ready To Celebrate

By Joanna England / May 6, 2014 /

Swiss Avenue is full of wonderful properties that have so much history and life to them. They have more character in one square foot than many Dallas homes have throughout. Homes on Swiss Avenue are the antithesis of the zero-lot-line McMansions you see in the suburbs (not that there’s anything wrong with that!), and they…

The Dallas Morning News Supports Transwestern’s Lux Apartment Proposal at Preston & Northwest Highway

By Candy Evans / May 6, 2014 /

Don’t know if you caught this, and I meant to draw this out last week, but Rudolph Bush at the Dallas Morning News is strongly supporting Transwestern’s proposal to change the zoning to build a six-story luxury apartment community at the northeast corner of Preston and Northwest Highway. You recall this project would replace the existing…