Candy Evans

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

Can You Count the Mannequins in This Richmond Listing? (There Might be a Prize!)

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2017 /

I have stacks of homes to blog, and I’m going to the Neil Diamond concert Tuesday evening, but I just have to get this out there: 4302 Colony West Drive, Richmond, TX. As they say, WTF? This is a home in the Houston suburb of Richmond, and apparently belongs to an artist/jewelry designer who does…

Don’t Forget Our CandysDirt.com Staff Party THIS WEEK at the Vaughn House!

By Candy Evans / July 17, 2017 /

There is something about this house that just touches my soul. Maybe it’s that the man who built the home, Grady Vaughn, was the founder of the Dallas Petroleum Club, and he died just about the time I was born. Maybe it’s the parties that were thrown here in the 1950’s and 1960’s, with Hollywood…

Dynamic U.S. Mayors: No Texas Leaders Made the Cut

By Candy Evans / July 17, 2017 /

You could say that either Politico didn’t look at the Lone Star State closely enough, or that we don’t have any mayors qualified enough to fit their bill.  And what exactly is that bill? Mayors who overcome the multitudes of negative dynamics facing our cities today. Who are these people, miracle workers? After you read…

Ebby Halliday Taps Kristi Davis to Manage Exploding Frisco Office

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2017 /

Take one look at her and you can tell why everyone loves Kristi Davis: she’s gorgeous, full of fun and energy, and one of the hardest-working Realtors in North Texas. Which is why Ebby Halliday has just appointed Kristi Davis sales manager of its bustling Frisco Office.  “Kristi brings extensive sales and management experience, as…

Vaughn House in the Honeypot of Old Preston Hollow Hits Market With a Bang

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2017 /

In 1951, when Dallas was still learning to embrace the midcentury modern design movement, oilman Grady Vaughn, Jr. commissioned architect Robert Goodwin of Goodwin & Cavitt to design his waterfront dream home in what we now call the honeypot of Preston Hollow. The home is 9,500 square feet with six bedrooms, seven and a half baths, several…