Dallas

Nice Way To End 2014: October Dallas Home Prices Up 7.6% Over Last Year

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2014 /

So here’s the reason why a lot of Realtors, I do mean a lot, will be drinking Veuve Cliquot tonight: Dallas is one of the top five markets in the country for home price increases, according to the folks at Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller. The numbers from October home sales are in, and Dallas home prices…

Downtown Dallas: What Can We Do To Make It Better?

By Candy Evans / December 29, 2014 /

Leah has committed to tracking more of what’s happening in downtown Dallas Real Estate this year, and that’s great because there is a lot to track! I love downtown Dallas, I just don’t like getting there. And I’m no stranger to urban living. I have lived in three different urban environments: Chicago, New York and…

The Most Talked About MMM in Dallas in 2014: Big House at Inwood & Royal Still Available

By Candy Evans / December 29, 2014 /

Letting you in on an inside secret here at CandysDirt.com. We “nickname” our weekly Monday Morning Millionaire postings the MMM. When I created CandysDirt, I wanted to post homes on humdrum Mondays that would REALLY  wake readers up. Because, you know, it’s Monday, and you deserve to be blown away. (Come to think of it,…

Fort Worth Population Growth Leads Nation, Jobs Big Part of Reason

By Leah Shafer / December 17, 2014 /

Cowtown has new braggin’ rights: the U.S. Census Bureau says they were the fastest-growing big city in the nation between 2000-2013. Fort Worth population saw a 42.34 percent increase in that time. Dallas lagged far behind, coming in at 24th. The 2010 Census count for Fort Worth put the number of residents at 741,206. Compare this to a…

Dallas Public Schools: Important Dates Coming Up

By Bethany Erickson / November 26, 2014 /

  If you are considering a magnet program or are just interested in your neighborhood Dallas public school, these are some dates you need to mark on your calendars. To get the lay of the land, Dallas ISD will be hosting a Magnet Fair Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the…