Highland Park

Real Estate You Can Sink Your Teeth Into: Laura Bush Loves The Gingerbread Stroll Benefiting Community Partners of Dallas

By Joanna England / November 28, 2012 /

This is a home tour you can sink your teeth into! Dave Perry-Miller agent Christine McKenny sent us this great photo of longtime Community Partners supporter Laura Bush with one amazing gingerbread house at this year’s Gingerbread Stroll. Intrigued?

Tis the Season for Sprucing Up Real Estate: Here’s $25 Towards Cleaner Carpets, Holiday Lights or a Cleaner Holiday House

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2012 /

I drove through Highland Park tonight and was amazed at how many homes have lights up and are sparkly gorgeous ALREADY! In Dallas we don’t mess around: four weeks MAX to touch up roots, and holiday decorations go up the day after Thanksgiving.

Monday Morning Millionaire: This Highland Park Mansion Screams, “Vive la France!”

By Joanna England / November 26, 2012 /

I love a little French flair here and there, and this Highland Park mansion has tons of charm that will rope in any francophile! Built in 2002, 3608 Lexington just went on the market and is represented by Ronda Needham of Dave Perry-Miller and Associates. There are seven bedrooms, six and a half baths, a…

Beauty (and More Bars) on Bordeaux: You Can Never Be Too Thin, Too Rich, or Have Too Many Fireplaces…

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2012 /

Our Monday Morning Millionaire extravaganza continues — we are so lucky! We have seen what $7 million buys on Bordeaux, now see what a WEE bit less buys. Value, darling, value. 4430 Bordeaux is simply a beautiful home on an extra huge Highland Park lot: 105 x 153. Wowser! Formals are spacious and, well, FORMAL and…

Love it, Lease it: Need a Home to Rent? Where’s The Best Place to Look?

By Joanna England / September 5, 2012 /

If you want to rent a single-family home, sometimes the best way to find one is to drive around in the neighborhood you want to move to and look for a “For Lease” sign with a hand-written telephone number.

Sure, it’s time consuming and uses a ton of gas, but it’s better than combing through the crappy pictures on Craigslist, right? But what if you’re looking to rent in an area where “For Lease” signs are shunned. What if you don’t have time to tote a kid around while you drive up and down blocks looking for your next lease? What if you’re looking in a very specific area for very specific reasons, such as a school district? Where can you look?