Mary Poss

Our Friends Across the Pond Think Dallas Real Estate is Hot. They Are Spot On, Sort of

By Candy Evans / January 22, 2013 /

The Brits are singing the praises of our real estate market. The Financial Times has singled us out, thanks to the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, which says (and I saw this recently) that Dallas and “nearby” Fort Worth:  “…combine to be one of only three US urban areas to have fully recovered from the recession.…

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The Leppert Listing: Who Else Would Market a Former Mayor’s Home Than a Former Mayor

By Joanna England / July 31, 2012 /

From what Candy has said, and from the photos we’ve seen, former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert’s home is just the kind of place you’d expect the Preston Hollow-living former head honcho of our fair burg.

And who else would Tom and Laura choose to sell their home than Mary Poss? It’s really perfect, says Cody Baker on the Ebby blog, considering that Poss was a Dallas City Council member for eight years and was once acting mayor, too.

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Former Dallas Mayor and Senatorial Candidate Tom Leppert’s Home With Keeping Area, Home Theater, Everything, Hits MLS for $5,695,000…

By Candy Evans / July 31, 2012 /

The stunning Preston Hollow home of our former Mayor and brief senatorial candidate, Tom Leppert, and his wife, Laura, hits the market in about one minute. Of course I knew about this yesterday — actually, last week — when I was in Maine eating way too much lobster but Amy Curry got a quick post up while…

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Friday Five Hundred: An Epic Trip in The Wayback Machine, Minus The Shag Carpeting

By Joanna England / April 20, 2012 /

Flipping through the photos of 6441 McCommas Blvd. makes me hum Steppenwolf’s “Magic Carpet Ride” completely by reflex.

Note to self: Put “Dazed And Confused” on my Netflix queue.

The interior of this 1975 Spanish style in Bob-O-Link estates is so incredibly well-preserved, right down to the foiled wallpaper and wood paneling. And boy, is there a lot of wood paneling. Like, two stories of wood paneling and then some.

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