Candy Evans

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

Branch Crossing in Farmers Branch: Walk Right On Over to the Farm Stand

By Candy Evans / August 23, 2018 /

There are many reasons why Hoebeke Properties LLC selected Branch Crossing in Farmers Branch to develop Hoebeke’s homestead plus four additional development lots, but proximity to community amenities was chief among them!  “Start with an old estate on a beautiful creek surrounded by Farmers Branch’s Historical Park, add a bird sanctuary, rose gardens, a four-acre…

The Dallas Round House Re-Enters the Market

By Candy Evans / August 22, 2018 /

I love this house. 7507 Baxtershire. It takes me back ever so far to my childhood, when I spent my summers frolicking with cousins and bicycling by Bruce Goff’s Round House in Aurora, Illinois, on the west side of that town. Yes, THIS house. My cousins lived nearby in a sprawling ’50s ranch:   I…

Find an Exclusive Urban Oasis at this Bluffview Estate on over 2 Acres

By Candy Evans / August 21, 2018 /

Sitting on 2.32 acres with mature trees, manicured landscaping, and a creek, one Bluffview estate is truly exceptional and the only property like it on the market now.  The privately gated, French-style house at 4222 Cochran Chapel Rd. was designed by Richard Drummond Davis and built in 1996 by Breckinridge Nixon Homes and Clay Snelling. With…

Breaking Exclusive: $24.5 Million Preston Hollow Estate of Lisa Baron Sold, Closed

By Candy Evans / August 21, 2018 /

This is huge news, and a big shot in the arm for our real estate market, especially at the higher luxury end. A significant Dallas estate has sold and closed. Details are still pouring in, but sources tell me that the magnificent Preston Hollow mansion belonging to Lisa Blue Baron, a woman I cannot speak…

Roxann Taylor, Engel & Volkers, Make Significant Expansion to Park Cities, Dallas, And Frisco

By Candy Evans / August 20, 2018 /

It was back in 2014 that Engel & Volkers, a global luxury real estate brand that debuted in Germany, first made its entry into North Texas by merging with Roxann Taylor and Associates in beautiful Southlake. It was the company’s first foray into the Texas real estate market, its 28th U.S. shop. Founded in 1977, E&V started…