Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
We could have a scavenger hunt for the last remaining ’50s and ’60s Ranch-style homes in that blue-chip stretch of Dallas hemmed in by Northwest Highway to the south, Royal Lane to the north, Boedeker Street to the east, and Preston Road to the west. At today’s prices, the original owners of those very first…
The real estate world quaked a few short weeks ago when Compass, Inc. completed a $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc. — that’s the owner of major real estate brands like Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s, Century 21, Corcoran, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, and others. The January 9 acquisition created the world’s largest residential…
The promised land at the intersection of Preston Road and LBJ is some of the most valuable dirt in the country. It is also some of the most hated. Residents of this Council District 11 in North Dallas are more than just weary, they are sick of watching the dilapidated former Valley View Shopping Center…
Welcome to Villa 28, a V40 residence located within Tapestry, the most design-forward community I’ve seen in a while in DFW. Located in the southeast fringes of Frisco, this highly talked-about community is shaped by amazing architecture, sustainability, and a close relationship to nature. Every home in this developing community brings the outdoors deftly indoors…
Goodbye, 2025. Don’t let the door hit you in the rear. My year of Real Estate Hell technically began last Thanksgiving with the passing of a beautiful friend, Vivian Young. She was a most perfect tenant. For 17 years, her rent checks were hand-delivered without fail by her assistant with a sweet note. Vivian founded…
