Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Originally posted on December 7, 2011, when this blog was just a toddler, PaigeBrooke Farm remains one of the most amazing properties in North Texas. Not only is it a ranch house originally designed by one of Dallas’ most famous architects, it was commissioned by a prominent Dallas family. Even more: the home was lovingly…
Update 10:59 a.m: Kelly tells me the CBS producers have postponed the story for a week or two, because they didn’t want to cut the piece to fit into a shortened time slot. We will keep you posted! This is a home that has never left my heart, and never will. I have always thought…
It’s hard to really define a “Dallas” home without thinking about the “structures” erected in the last 20 years, from the top-heavy wood-shingled maisons that look like skinny women with huge top-heavy boobs, to the McMansions and Mediterranean would-be meccas. Certainly the classic Dallas ranch is a home that defines us as much as a…
It’s time to buy some Snake-Away, but I think I got the last jug at The Home depot — sorry. I haven’t seen any, but I’m sure they are out there in the tall grass. We have had baby snakes in our house in years past. But Keller Williams agent Alyssa McKissack tells me she…
I hate these short weeks: I still think it’s Wednesday. Sunday (I think) Brandon Formby wrote a story that appeared almost to be lifted from the Marcos Ronquillo campaign: the spectacular growth of our northern neighbors — Denton and Collin Counties — dwarfs Dallas’ piddly growth and is not necessarily good for Dallas County. Why? Because…
