Preston Hollow

Pink Mary Kay Mansion Tops Zillow's List of 10 Most-Viewed Homes

By Joanna England / January 10, 2013 /

Dallas wins again! I love that the tastefully pink mansion formerly owned by Mary Kay Ash was the most-viewed property on Zillow in 2012. The mansion, which is at 8915 Douglas Ave., is priced at almost $2.8 million.   I can see why people would stop and gape at this Greek revival home. Of course,…

Pink Mary Kay Mansion Tops Zillow’s List of 10 Most-Viewed Homes

By Joanna England / January 10, 2013 /

Dallas wins again! I love that the tastefully pink mansion formerly owned by Mary Kay Ash was the most-viewed property on Zillow in 2012. The mansion, which is at 8915 Douglas Ave., is priced at almost $2.8 million.   I can see why people would stop and gape at this Greek revival home. Of course,…

Dallas Real Estate 2012, The Year & Star Agents in Review: Guess Who Will Be The Stars of 2013?

By Candy Evans / January 8, 2013 /

My official 2012 real estate wrap is up on CultureMap.com, whose Dallas debut is definitely one of the best things that happened to our city in 2012. Talk about changing the face of Dallas media! (We need it!) I spent New Year’s Eve and most of last week musing over the biggest and best Dallas real estate deals and agents of the year — and really, truly, I have to say it all started with the April auction sale of Champs D’Or, which made awesome broker agent Clay Stapp a mighty happy man as he brought the buyer. I expect more great things from Clay Stapp & Associates in the coming year.

On Being a Single Parent in Dallas: Which Dallas Neighborhoods (If Any) Make It Better?

By Candy Evans / January 7, 2013 /

I’ve been thinking about the best neighborhoods in Dallas for single parents to live after reading Pamela Gwyn Kripke’s essay in Slate on single parenting. Pamela is raising two girls solo and lives the Park Cities, in what she calls a small, $600k-ish stone home, the kind I’m sure builders seek out to tear down.…

Wish List Wednesday: This Home's Abundance of Windows Make The Most of Every Hour of Sunlight

By Joanna England / January 2, 2013 /

By the time my husband gets home from work it’s just minutes from being pitch dark outside, so what I really wish we could have would be walls of windows in our home that would make the most of every hour of waning sunlight. Just my luck, this incredible contemporary home in St. Mark’s Circle…