Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
We all know and love pro golfer Hunter Mahan, who used to live in the Creeks of Preston Hollow, but sold his home to another well-loved, Dallas-born and raised pro golfer, Jordan Spieth. Hunter and his family moved to Highland Park. I knew they had built a gorgeous lake house out at Long Cove, our closest…
Allen is a dynamic and welcoming community attracting attention for its safety, education, and nationally recognized parks and recreation amenities, among other things. Families, in particular, love this northern DFW suburb, which offers a high quality of life for the almost 98,000 residents. With a median household income of over $101,000, Allen is an affluent…
If you live in North Dallas, you have probably been to the “new” Costco on Churchill Road, the one built on vacant land edging LBJ, Coit Road, and North Central Expressway. The one built with $3 million of our taxpayer dollars. I was there Saturday afternoon, in fact, and ran into many friends. On Sunday…
Walkable communities are getting more attention from homebuyers who crave the lifestyle. In addition to convenience, these places offer unexpected benefits to our health, environment, finances, and communities. Some 56 percent of millennials and 46 percent of boomers prefer walkable communities with a range of housing amidst local businesses and public services. We’re certainly seeing this trend…
When I think of “Dallas Alice” Slaney Davis, I think of the original Dallas personalities who made this great city the real estate powerhouse it has become: Ebby Halliday, Mary Frances Burleson, Virginia Cook, Paula Stringer, Jenny Ling, Mona Biskamp… And Alice Slaney Davis. “Alice of Dallas”, as she called herself (and everyone called her)…
