Dallas

Will the Aerial Spraying of Dallas for West Nile Affect our Real Estate Market?

By Candy Evans / August 17, 2012 /

We are a buggy city, buggier this year than normal. Hence for the first time in 45 years, the City of Dallas just fogged  major parts of the city in an airplane that took off from Dallas’ Executive field in Oak Cliff. I am in North Dallas and we are now about three hours into…

Dallas Designer Extraordinaire Dan Nelson Shares His Second Home in New York City with One Chipper Chick

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2012 /

Dan Nelson is a Dallas-based designer and president and owner of Vision Design, which he joined in 1991, was named President of in 1992, and then just bought the place outright in 2003. His roster of New York City and Dallas clients is a “who’s who” : The Crescent, The Mansion, Manhattan’s 21 Club, and some tony…

Roof Repair Rip Offs: The Storm Chasers Want to Fix Your Roof, Then Retire Rich

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2012 /

I have a roof made from recycled rubber tires. It has a 50 year warranty. Never mind that the company who manufactured it is no longer in business, it’s a great roof and totally hail-proof. In fact, hail bounces off. Which is why I am loving the 25 plus roofers who have knocked on my…

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: After Remodeling Their Dream Home (Where They Also Got Married!), Dankesreiters Head For The Burbs

By Joanna England / July 18, 2012 /

What happens when you find your dream home, remodel it into your perfect home, and then something happens and you have to move?

It’s a huge struggle, says Duane Dankesreiter.

He and his wife own that gorgeous updated Tudor in Wilshire Heights we featured for our Friday Four Hundred last week. They still love the house (who wouldn’t!?) and are heartbroken about putting it on the market. But, family calls from the suburbs, and they are trying to sell the house they thought they’d stay in forever.

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Dallas Most Popular City in U.S. With Generation Y — Millennials

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2012 /

According to giant Moving.com, an online source for moving-related services, millennials love Dallas. Like, a whole lot. Seems that with the job market so tight and everything pretty sucky once they graduate from college, millennials are shunning NYC and the We$t Coa$t for cities with job growth and affordable housing. And guess what, we have…