Dallas real estate news

GiveBackHomes Growing in DFW, Across U.S. Using Home Sales to House the Homeless

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2014 /

When did I first tell you all about Giveback Homes, the brain-child of local boy Blake Andrews? There we go: last August, 2013. Here we are, above, in Big D last month. Giveback Homes is a network of socially conscious real estate professionals. Here’s how it works: the agent joins up and a bio page is…

“Les Jardins” on Turtle Creek Sells at Auction for $2,550,000

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2014 /

Sold! Another successful auction by the Concierge Auction peeps who sold off 3808 Turtle Creek late today, a 6300 square foot property last listed at $4.25 million and auctioned without reserve. Winning bid was $2.55 million, which includes the buyer’s premium. The auction happened so fast I actually walked in on the tail end!

Highland House: A New Definition of Luxury High Rise Living for a High Class Demographic

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2014 /

As we have mentioned, Luke Crosland, the man who developed The ilume, a mixed-use retail/residential project at Cedar Springs and Knight Street in Oak Lawn, is hoping to build an extremely high end, $100,000,000 residential apartment community into the very heart of Preston Center, south of Northwest Highway. Crosland, principal of The Crosland Group, developed the 316-unit…

Thursday Three Hundred: Already Under Option, This Beautiful Munger Heights Cottage Has Tons of Style And Charm

By Joanna England / April 24, 2014 /

Britt Lopez was quick to point out that you shouldn’t get turned off by this home’s address. This house is on the sleepy side of Skillman Street, near Lipscomb Elementary. It’s not the busy side, which is north of Live Oak Street, instead it’s inside Munger Place, a fantastic district with an abundance of different…

Once Upon a Time, There Were a Lot of People (and Hats) in Downtown Dallas

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2014 /

Look at this 75-year old, never-before- seen- footage of Dallas that Dallas Morning News editor Robert Wilonsky unearthed (and I guess, bought) narrated by Mark Doty, Historic Preservation officer for the city of Dallas. 90 seconds of downtown Dallas on Kodachrome. (If you don’t know what that is, along with ice cube trays, holler at…