Dallas real estate news

Monday Morning Millionaire: In My Dream I Went to Netherland — 5625 Netherland Court, That is!

By Joanna England / October 1, 2012 /

Amazing? Beautiful? Incredible? Stunning? Jaw-Dropping? I’ve run through the gamut of adjectives trying to describe 5625 Netherland Court, an unbelievable listing from the one and only Kari Schlegel, and yet every one of them falls short. Is this love, that I’m feeling? This five-bedroom home screams “ART COLLECTOR!” with a gallery hallway just off the…

Friday Five Hundred: Hot Hip Pocket in Greenway Crest Has an Amazing Master Suite

By Joanna England / September 28, 2012 /

Maribeth Peters of Allie Beth Allman & Associates sent in this week’s Friday Five Hundred, a Hip Pocket listing in Greenway Crest. “It is so hard to find a pretty two-story traditional home in Area 25 and at a reasonable price under $600,000 with an amazing Master Suite,” Peters said. If you know someone who’s on…

Thursday Three Hundred: Caruth Terrace 1955 Time Warp For Sale, And You Can Tour The Ranch on Sunday

By Joanna England / September 27, 2012 /

Sometimes you see traces of what an older home used to look like through the slick veneer of fresh paint and new flooring. Perhaps the cabinets in the kitchen get a refacing and the paneling in a bedroom is stripped and recoated, but under decades of haphazard updating is a mystery. If the anthropologist in…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Ready to Move? The Adorable Craftsman at 416 S. Winnetka is Ready For You!

By Joanna England / September 25, 2012 /

Let’s just run the numbers, shall we? 3 Bedrooms + 2 Baths + 1 Cozy Front Porch + Tons of Updates (416 S. Winnetka) = $234,000 Wait. That doesn’t sound right … Carry the one … Well, if my math is sound, this cutie of a Craftsman in North Oak Cliff is a deal! This…

Thursday Three Hundred: Need Space to Spread Out? The Burbs Have it, And For Cheap!

By Joanna England / September 20, 2012 /

Some days I imagine moving to the suburbs. But it’s my love for East Dallas and everything it has to offer (including being about 15 minutes from downtown, a lake, bike trails, great shopping, awesome neighborhoods, etc.) that keeps me urban instead of suburban.

Still, I look at some of the houses and how much home you can get for your money in a place like, oh, say, the Hickory Ridge subdivision of Plano, and I imagine my suburban home, with two SUVs parked in the garage and a golden retriever.