Candy Evans

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

Monte Anderson Asks Mayor Rawlings for 30 Days for New Fair Park Proposal

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2016 /

City Hall has been incredibly quiet about the Humann Foundation proposal for Fair Park.  We thought it would be on the agenda last Wednesday, when the City harangued the budget. In fact, money is in the new city budget for the Foundation’s first year. But no word. We assume, that is, I assume, that the…

Heritage Auctions Sells 3756 Armstrong; Family’s Dream House Now Belongs to Another

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2016 /

Just moments ago, in Highland Park, O’Neil Ford’s largest creation in Dallas sold to the highest bidder, a couple, at Heritage Auctions’ very well-orchestrated real estate auction of 3756 Armstrong, which we have written about and followed extensively on this blog. With about 12 bidders in the house, bidding started at $3 million and the estate…

Breaking: Heritage Auctions REMOVES Reserve on O’Neil Ford Estate to be Auctioned TOMORROW

By Candy Evans / September 26, 2016 /

3756 Armstrong in Highland Park goes to auction tomorrow at 2 p.m. They say it was not because they got so very many bidders registered on the Highland Park estate, but because of the incredible quality of the bidders, who have said they want a shot at buying the architecturally significant Penson home that the reserve…

Lock Her, Leave Her, Love Her When You Are Home: Elegant Enchantment in Westover Square

By Candy Evans / September 23, 2016 /

We just love this house, because it has everything we (meaning, I) am looking for in (our) my next home: fantastic spaces, storage, elegance, rooms you can use, and just enough green space. I always seem to be at war with sprinkler systems and that’s it, I’m over them. Give me turf, give me gravel,…

Nancy Guerriero Shows off Rare Azure Estate-In-The-Sky With Innovative Drone Video

By Candy Evans / September 22, 2016 /

Just telling you the truth: Nancy Guerriero’s listing on the 22nd floor of the Azure is drop-dead gorgeous. She is sharing the listing with Dave Perry-Miller’s Jarrad Barns and Joseph Gullotto — yep, top agents sometimes share listings across the broker border just to get the job done. But this one is worth a fifth…