Texas real estate news

Midcentury Ranch on High Valley With Versatile Floor Plan

By Bethany Erickson / November 6, 2018 /
Midcentury Ranch

Tucked back behind Forest Lane, Marsh Lane, and Webb Chapel Road is an enclave of Midcentury Ranch homes, homes to families from the late 1950s to today — and they’re still some of the most affordable homes in North Dallas. Built by Fox & Jacobs, the L-shaped Accent and Flair homes of the 1960s are…

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It’s Election Day: If Nobody Votes, ‘Nobody’ Wins

By Bethany Erickson / November 6, 2018 /
Nobody

Now I know you’re probably already squawking — I can hear it from here — about this “Nobody” business in this headline. “NOBODY? Record turnout, lady, in early voting — how is that NOBODY votes?” But hear me out. If nobody votes, then Nobody will win. And that’s not just brain-breaking hyperbole that the grammarian…

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Olson: ‘The Greatest Equalizer Is Your Vote’

By Bethany Erickson / November 5, 2018 /

When Kim Olson, a third-generation farmer and retired U.S. Air Force colonel, announced her candidacy against current Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, she took the Texas roads with the goal — much like fellow Democrat Beto O’Rourke — of visiting every county in Texas. She also knew it would be an uphill climb — her…

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Is Your Home a 10-Minute Walk From a Park?

By Bethany Erickson / November 4, 2018 /
10-minute

Is your home a 10-minute (or less) walk from a park? One-third of Americans have a much longer trek than that to get to their nearest park, according to research by the National Recreation and Park Association, Urban Land Institute and, The Trust for Public Land. Recently, Rachel Banner, a senior program manager at the…

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Zombieland’s Garland Sleight Aside, This Centrally-Located City Has Great Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / November 4, 2018 /

We’re not sure what Hollywood has against Garland. In the opening scenes of the Emma Stone movie Zombieland, Jesse Eisenberg’s character is at a service station running from a zombie. In a voiceover, he says: “I’m in Garland, Texas. And it may look like zombies destroyed it, but that’s actually just Garland.” For this week’s Suburb…

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