Dallas

Angela Hunt Responds: I Do Not Support a Taxpayer-Funded CSI Lab Devoted to Analyzing Canine Excrement

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2012 /

Aside from her vote on Dallas taxes a few years ago, I knew I’d like Angela Hunt. She took the time to write me that her quote made it sound like she was supporting Poo Prints, the dog-poo DNA program in effect at The Ilume and other Dallas apartments. Here is another thing I like…

The Real Estate OMG Department: Does Angela Hunt Really Want DNA Testing on Dallas Turds?

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2012 /

Now I’ve heard everything. At Wednesday’s Dallas City Council meeting, our fearless leaders were actually pitched the idea of creating a citywide program to test every Dallas dog’s DNA in order to cure people who don’t clean up after their pups. The pitch came from a company that runs a dog-poo DNA program in use at the Ilume, called Poo Prints. Love the name. The Ilume, in case you do not know, is a way cool, high end apartment complex on Cedar Springs Road near the Tollway.

Ben Jones Builds Relationships That Last With A-Listers And Family Alike, and Charmed the Doyenne of Turkey Hill Road

By Cynthia Stine / November 7, 2012 /

CandysDirt.com talked recently with Ben Jones, Senior Vice President for Allie Beth Allman & Associates, which markets luxury properties primarily in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow and Lakewood areas. The 20-plus year real estate veteran has his own team, Ben Jones Real Estate Group. He is one of the most sought-after agents in the Dallas…

Hot Property: Becky Frey Brings Small-Town Matchmaker Talent to Briggs Freeman

By Cynthia Stine / October 23, 2012 /

I sat down recently to talk with Becky Frey one of Briggs Freeman’s top sellers and a 30-year veteran of the real estate scene. An athletic, outdoors person, Becky is quick to tell you all the reasons she loves living in Dallas — an enthusiasm she shares with her customers when she matches them to…

Uptown Magic: Crescent Real Estate Holdings Fills Last Vacant Land in Uptown, so We Ask What Are the Hottest Places to Buy in Uptown?

By Candy Evans / October 18, 2012 /

Sometimes wonderful things happen simultaneously. A reader emailed me this question: Candy: What do you think are the 3 hottest places to buy in Uptown? Then Steve Brown blogged last week about Uptown, how it is one of the most successful neighborhoods in Dallas, and how it just sort of happened. Crescent Real Estate Holdings is developing the last…