Candy Evans

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

TIMBER! Contingent of Luxury Dallas Agents Heads to East Texas to Sell Timber Creek Ranch, Lake Cypress Springs

By Candy Evans / April 22, 2015 /

What did Kendra Lancaster, Juli Harrison, Kyle Crews, Patrizia Palfrey, Duke Jimerson, Robin Brock, April Hindy, Erica Armijo, Amanda Bartling and Anna Bellington do last Saturday? They headed to northeast Texas to check out Timber Creek Ranch at Lake Cypress Springs, a 346-plus acre working recreational ranch that goes to Auction May 7 with Concierge…

Magnificent Ranch Reno on McCraw Sizzles With Sex Appeal, Style

By Candy Evans / April 20, 2015 /

Get ready to put some excitement in your Monday morning! This new off-market listing, from The Unlisted, is a total contemporary redo of a yawning North Dallas ranch. Talk about something to whet your appetite and put some Yippee! in this fine morning. Like a triple Expresso, this lovely coordination of natural wood, stone, metal…

A Great House For Kids: Meander on Over to Meadow For Quarters and Quarterbacking

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2015 /

A lot of homes have been built in Preston Hollow over the last 10 to 20 years. Though this is one of my favorite neighborhoods –we lived on Brookview for a year or so while we built our current house — sometimes the houses can all look too Frenchy. Or too like University Park North.…

Here is that Carpet Made by the Same Company that Made Carpet for the Titanic

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2015 /

As I mentioned yesterday, this 230 acre ranch spread south of Fort Worth totally got me out of my April 15th funk.  It’s only $8 million, a steal. But I am fascinated by the custom carpet on the stairway of Oakland Ranch: listing agent Debbie Murray (Allie Beth Allman & Associates) tells me this carpet…

Room for 250 Guests: If You Didn’t Pay Your Taxes Today, You Might Have Enough to Buy Oakland Ranch

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2015 /

Attention Jordan Spieth: I may have just found the perfect vacation home for you and it’s less than an hour from Dallas. Wouldn’t you love having your own PRIVATE golf course? How about 230 acres to romp? We can make it happen for $8 million! I saw this spread 25 – 30 miles south of…