Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Dallas Realtor Kay Hardee McFarlane passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Kay was born on February 17, 1967 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Jan (Nix) McFarlane of Little Rock, and Robert S. McFarlane, Jr. originally from Cleveland, Mississippi. She is survived by her brother, Guy Everett McFarlane…
This article has been updated with quotes from the agent representing the property. It’s “tucked among some 500 trees on a five-acre spread of land worth millions at one of the busiest intersections in one of Dallas’ wealthiest neighborhoods. This Preston Hollow house — feted in this newspaper in 1956, written about in an essential 1988 guidebook to…
This past weekend, I was in East Texas, and it was beautiful. I had no idea there were so many trees and forests and wildlife just 1.5 hours to the east of downtown Dallas. The soil is different. It changes from the black dirt of the Blackland Prairie, that thick, clay-like soil that is so…
It’s 76 degrees today, maybe warmer, in February. We went in the pool, which was overflowing from all the rain last week (and yesterday). Monsoon rains then sunshine then fog. Two weeks ago, I was bundled in my mink, my fur-lined gloves are still in my car. When my mother died fifteen years ago, the…
As we told you, the Grady Vaughn house on South Dentwood in the heart of Old Preston Hollow went to auction last Tuesday, February 20, at 2:00 p.m. As with any auction, we waited with bated breath. What happened? Did anyone buy the 9500 square foot terrazzo floor stunner on one of the best lots in…
