Candy Evans

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

Apartment or Nothing: How Saturday’s Election Will Influence the Future of Preston Center

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2019 /

Saturday is election day, and this one revolves around real estate centered in one Dallas city council district: District 13, where 17.6 percent of voters have cast early ballots. That’s the highest voting percentage in any city council district. There is the Behind the Pink Wall real estate quagmire, the condo owners and tenants who…

Saturday is Almost Here: See You at the 505 Ranch Club!

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2019 /

While we’re already hot on 505 Ranch Club at Cedar Creek Lake, you can find out why this community provides the very best of lake living this Saturday: stay tuned. 56 private, waterfront home sites meander along the lake, dotting a 505-acre shared ownership ranch. (Insiders say the total house population may only top 40…

Lute Riley Sells Penson Property on Armstrong Parkway for $500K Less Than He Paid for It

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2019 /

It’s one of the most beautiful lots in Highland Park, and the home upon it was a critically acclaimed Midcentury Modern masterpiece. Keyword: Was. However, it may very well be again. On September 27, 2016, the famed Penson house at 3756 Armstrong Parkway sold at auction for a cool $4.95 million. People at the auction spotted a…

Northaven Trail Village Development Caught in Political Crossfires of District 13

By Candy Evans / April 30, 2019 /

It is not enough that the hotly contested District 13 City Council race between Laura Miller and Jennifer Staubach Gates has frozen forward progress Behind the Pink Wall, keeping victims of the Preston Place fire in limbo as to their financial future. Now it could also stymie new home development in Northwest Dallas. About 4.4…

Art Night is Taking Shape at One of The Best Listings in Dallas

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2019 /

Don’t forget tonight’s Artfest at 10243 Best Drive , near Midway Road and Walnut Hill Lane, to showcase how well you can live with ART! Berkshire Hathaway HS | PenFed Realty TX agent Phil Hobson is arranging an event TONIGHT at the home from 4 to 8 p.m., to network and enjoy the works of 10 fabulous local…