Candy Evans

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

A New Generation of Dallas Style: Sleek, Warm & Liveable from the Rem Koolhaas Files

By Candy Evans / January 11, 2016 /

My laptop has tapped out these words so much they are practically on auto-print: “elegant, soft contemporary brimming with light with thoughtful finishes throughout…” Isn’t that every new home’s claim du jour? Thoughtful? Who builds a home that isn’t thoughtful? (Don’t answer that!) Yes, the building landscape has made a sea-change in new Dallas construction.…

The Penthouse View: Fabulous Open House at The Mayfair Tomorrow!

By Candy Evans / January 9, 2016 /

Darling I love you but give me Park Avenue! And maybe TWO masters! (Bedrooms, that is.) Well, now you can have a Park Avenue view in this stunning 3700 square foot penthouse tip top atop The Mayfair on Lee Parkway! Few Turtle Creek condos offer all the Mayfair has to offer, especially THIS home at…

Dallas Real Estate 2015: Hearting Ebby Forever, Allie Beth Sells to the Oracle of Omaha, & Briggs Freeman Finally Opens Fort Worth

By Candy Evans / January 8, 2016 /

2015 was probably the biggest year in Dallas/Fort Worth real estate history, and it was not entirely because of the steroidal market. While the first six months were such a frenzy of sales activity that agents could barely cash commission checks, the news of Billion Dollar Mile with Toyota relocating it’s California headquarters to Plano…

New Year’s O House With Waterscape in the Heart of University Park Is Like Living on an Urban Lake, Caught HGTV Star’s Eyes

By Candy Evans / January 6, 2016 /

I really love this unusual listing at 3615 Amherst Avenue in the heart of University Park. I hope this house had a great holiday because all through Christmas I kept thinking of it, wondering if it was OK. That’s because I took two HGTV stars through the place to show off Dallas real estate in…

Happy New Year! Mary Kay House on Douglas Sells and CLOSES Finally

By Candy Evans / January 4, 2016 /

Well here is a nice way to start the fresh New Year of 2016: the Mary Kay House on Douglas Road, just north of Northwest Highway on Preston Road, has sold and closed. Was it a short miracle? You betcha, and Allie Beth Allman’s Karen Luter pulled the magic. How many listing agents has this…