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What’s Love Got to do With it? For This Hal Thomson — Everything

By Karen Eubank / May 13, 2024 /

A very special Hal Thomson home in Highland Park is for sale for the first time in 44 years. I believe this will be a true test of historic preservation, highlight why we love a home, and perhaps give us some insight into what luxury should really mean today. Henry B. Thomson (Hal) started his…

Thursday Three Hundred: Stylish Midway Hollow Home Feels Polished, Posh

By Leah Shafer / July 2, 2015 /

The Midway Hollow area is a perennial favorite for buyers looking for an established neighborhood inside the LBJ loop with personality, affordability, and proximity to central Dallas. With about 2,200 houses, Midway Hollow fits the bill. Established in the 1950s, the neighborhood is full of ranch-style houses, cottages, and midcentury gems. Today’s Thursday Three Hundred at 9463…

Thanks, Tom, With a Capital “T”: Hicks’ Crespi Estate Really Spotlights Dallas Luxury Real Estate

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2013 /

This story in TIME ran mid-January, “An exclusive Dallas mansion has become the most expensive property for sale in the U.S., with a whopping $135 million price tag. The Crespi-Hicks Estate boasts a five-story main residence, three-story pool house and two-story guesthouse, altogether offering 42,500 sq. ft. of living space across 25 acres of manicured land.”…

Thanks, Tom, With a Capital "T": Hicks' Crespi Estate Really Spotlights Dallas Luxury Real Estate

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2013 /

This story in TIME ran mid-January, “An exclusive Dallas mansion has become the most expensive property for sale in the U.S., with a whopping $135 million price tag. The Crespi-Hicks Estate boasts a five-story main residence, three-story pool house and two-story guesthouse, altogether offering 42,500 sq. ft. of living space across 25 acres of manicured land.”…

Love Your Mama: Real Estalker Picks Up Hicks Story, Quotes Our Fabulous Candy Evans

By Joanna England / January 25, 2013 /

Love this sassy little write-up on the Hicks estate, which is marketed by Douglas Newby & Associates, from Your Mama at The Real Estalker: Like we usually do when it comes to dissin’ and discussin’ high-priced real estate in Dallas Your Mama gave the deliciously dishy Dallas-based property gossip Candy Evans a ringy-dingy and asked if…