Candy Evans

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

Live Near Legacy West in a Luxe Home Represented by Plano Experts Ebby Halliday

By Candy Evans / December 22, 2017 /

I’m spending lots of time at Legacy West, West Plano’s hottest new development. Located at the southwest corner of the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121, this 250-acre urban destination is lined with coveted retail, dining, residential, hotel, and office spaces. It’s truly the place to be!  I’ve found three luxury houses represented by Ebby…

Mehrdad Moayedi Buys Crespi Estate Walnut Place at Auction for $36.2 Million (Inside Pics!)

By Candy Evans / December 20, 2017 /

Dallas developer Mehrdad Moayedi today purchased Dallas’ biggest and most expensive home, the former Thomas O. Hicks estate on Walnut Hill Lane, that Dallas billionaire Andy Beal bought in January of last year and decided to sell almost as soon as the ink was dry on the contract. The estate was at one point the…

Get Cozy in these Ebby Halliday-listed Houses with Fabulous Fireplaces

By Candy Evans / December 20, 2017 /

Warm and sunny one day, cold and blustery the next — it’s December in Texas, all right. But even with crazy weather, one thing stays the same: we all want to be cozy and get in the spirit of the season.  I’ve found four houses listed by Ebby Halliday Realtors, each of which has multiple…

Museum Tower is Now 80% Sold Out. Boom.

By Candy Evans / December 13, 2017 /

Museum Tower has hit a crucially important sales milestone: 80% sold. Which means 100% is in the very near future. In high rises, sales multiply more rapidly with every signed contract. And for Museum Tower, one of the contracts that put them in the 80 percent club came from another prominent Dallas family moving out…

Curbed Does Dallas… Note Who They Quote

By Candy Evans / December 12, 2017 /

A few weeks ago this nice fellow from Curbed.com, Patrick Sisson, contacted me to talk Dallas real estate and the biggest changes in the city from my perspective. We could have spoken for hours. It was hard to pick a single favorite or “best” dense new urban area, though I gushed on about Bishop Arts,…