Candy Evans

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

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Childhood Home in Oak Cliff Already Under Contract

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2018 /

Oak Cliff has been the native home to so many famous and talented people, including Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, but I had no idea it was also where blues great Stevie Ray Vaughan grew up. About a week ago, I was looking at the homes owned by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez, and I…

A Bishop Arts Midcentury Modern — Meticulous and Marvelous

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2018 /

It is no secret that midcentury modern homes fetch more eyeballs, interest and buyers these days. Discriminating lovers of well-maintained and lovingly updated midcentury moderns are familiar with the name William E. Benson — his name became synonymous with significant Dallas architecture in the fifties and sixties. Truthfully, owning a home with a William  E.…

Mainstream Media ‘Discovers’ Disruption in Real Estate Sales

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2018 /

I’m sure you caught the Dallas Morning News‘ recent declaration that the start-up discount brokerage Door, while on a tear, is not yet really fully disrupting the buying and selling of real estate. At least not here, not yet. I’m off to Inman in San Francisco, so let’s talk next week. But it’s interesting that the…

With Stellar Location and Luxe Spaces, This University Park Estate Has It All

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2018 /

Close to some of the best shopping, dining, and see-and-be-seen opportunities in the Park Cities, one University Park estate makes an impression in the St. Andrews Place enclave. Located at 6016 Connerly Drive walking distance to Highland Park Village, this property is on a quiet street with little traffic, a place where you can hear the…

Suddenly For Sale: Take a Peak Inside Glenn Beck’s Mammoth Vaquero Mansion

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2018 /

“Beck is also wisely excluding the mineral rights to his property, though I doubt anyone would drill in Vaquero.” Glenn Beck may be trying to sell off some of his Westlake property because, according to various news reports, his media empire is not doing all that well currently. According to The Daily Beast, just a…