Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

What’s Up Ray Washburne’s Sleeve? Big Plans for the Former Dallas Morning News HQ

By Candy Evans / August 21, 2019 /

On Sunday, Bethany mused on what a creative developer could do with an old newspaper building — as in the very one we have in downtown Dallas, the former Dallas Morning News “Rock of Truth” headquarters that Ray Washburne’s Charter DMN Holdings purchased a little over a month ago. The iconic building at 508 Young…

A Doug Hildinger Dream Contemporary Just Hit the Market in the Peninsula

By Candy Evans / August 19, 2019 /

The Peninsula is one of our favorite neighborhoods in the City of Dallas. I have many friends who live there and love it, folks who have shed larger homes in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, even Plano, to live on these quarter-acre slices of heaven with White Rock Lake a few steps out the front…

Study Hall: The Perfect Back-To-School Family Home Just Got More Affordable

By Candy Evans / August 17, 2019 /

We told you all about the bargain that is 11585 East Ricks Circle a few weeks back, when it first hit MLS. The home, while mature, is in pristine condition and one of the best family home values we have seen come across the screen: mature trees on a plumb acre, security, location. Plus the…

DFW Apartment Dwellers Catching Up to Homeowners When it Comes to Property Taxes

By Candy Evans / August 16, 2019 /

Allen Gwinn is a number cruncher. Or a gadfly. Or a muckraker/local political analyst. By day, he teaches at SMU School of Business as a Professor of Practice. Basically a detailed data miner, he has taught information technology at SMU Cox School of Business for 30 years. For years, Gwinn also ran a popular website called Dallas.org,…

NRA Attempt to Buy Vaquero Manse Uncovered in New York Inquiry

By Candy Evans / August 7, 2019 /

Lobbyist group reportedly tried to buy a Vaquero mansion for President Wayne LaPierre’s use. Vaquero is a tony, gated community in Westlake. New York inquiry is part of an investigation into NRA nonprofit status. North Texas real estate is a hot topic of conversation in the National Rifle Association’s growing legal woes, including the current…