Candy Evans

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

Unlisted: A Warm Contemporary Highlands Condo With a Master Suite Bigger than Manhattan

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2015 /

Off market listing here, so shhhh. This one story stunner is located at The Highlands Residences, formerly known as the Palomar Residences. The building is known for its superb location to everything SMU has to offer as well as public transit to downtown Dallas and hotel amenities that are not directly below, but next door.…

Inwood House of the Week: Merriman Park Retro is a Blank Canvas to Greatness

By Candy Evans / November 20, 2015 /

Looking at this home, I feel like I’ve landed in a time capsule back to 1979:  those wood paneled walls, twin bow bay windows, the glass weather door so freshly Windexed it always shines, the oh so formal dining room, the avocado green built-in oven which I bet is a GE, and the Chambers cooktop…

The Most Expensive (and Largest) High Rise Homes on Turtle Creek, Ltd Edition 2505, Officially for Sale Saturday

By Candy Evans / November 19, 2015 /

Oh this one just gives me shivers — cannot wait to see the completed project, and it won’t be long now. Groundbreaking is scheduled shortly after the New Year, and I understand construction fences are going up even as I type. Everything the folks at Great Gulf do is a total Class Act, from the…

I’m Wild About Harry: Harry LaRosiliere, Mayor of Plano, is My New Political Crush

By Candy Evans / November 18, 2015 /

I met Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere at a beautiful dinner party last Thursday evening, and I am besmitten. Not only do we share the same city route to life in Dallas —  via New York City —  he is one of the most dedicated young politicos I have ever met. The fact that he is…

Paris Terrorist Attacks: Agent Nancy Smith on the History of Bataclan Theater

By Candy Evans / November 16, 2015 /

Dallas agent Nancy Smith knows just about everything about everything, including Paris.  She was a journalist, for eons, the Society Editor for the Dallas Morning News and the last society editor at the Dallas Times Herald. She covered the Reagan Republican convention, the Reagan, Bush, and Carter inaugurations in Washington, D.C., as well as interviewed celebrities from…