Candy Evans

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

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Well, At Least a Few Blocks Down the Street… Meat & Potatoes in Royal Crest

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2015 /

Maybe it’s time to change deodorants: suddenly everyone around me is selling. The house next door, the lot across the street, neighbors down the street, and this very good looking almost brand new build by Archway homes a few blocks south of Northaven on Lawnhaven. By the way, that is one of my favorite streets…

Jordan Spieth’s Uptown Pad Sells for Above Asking: Oh the Power of Celebrity in Real Estate!

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2015 /

Recall this stunning townhome in a DELICIOUS part of Uptown so walkable that you could actually flip-flop it to Knox Street, the Apple Store, Kate Spade, all the great places? 4321 Travis Walk is a 4368 square foot, three-story townhouse that is so modern and stunning you will gasp because it is loaded to the…

Dallas Golfing Great Lee Trevino Breaks Ground on the Newest Golf Course at The Greenbrier in West Virginia

By Candy Evans / November 7, 2015 /

He may be one of our local golfing greats, but Lee Trevino was back east in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia a couple weeks ago in a very historic gathering: Jim Justice, owner of the world-famous Greenbrier, brought together, for the first time, four Hall of Fame golf icons: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and…

Inwood Home of the Week: a Double-Wide on Meadow — Double Lot, That is!

By Candy Evans / November 6, 2015 /

  It has been said, well, maybe whispered, that all the new-ish homes in Preston Hollow (east of Preston) look alike. And there may be a certain ring of truth to that. After all, you start with a lot that is about 100 feet wide, 150 feet deep give or take a few inches. What…

Another Cole Smith Mansion Bites the Dust: R.I.P. 10650 Strait Lane

By Candy Evans / November 6, 2015 /

White columns are the way to a girl’s heart! This house always made me happy. There was a long red brick driveway with a row of magnolia trees lining it, and ponies and mules always traversed the almost four acres that led down to Bachman Creek on the east side. It was stately and elegant,…