Candy Evans

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

Winter Wonderland: What Do Your Listings Look Like All White and Snowy?

By Candy Evans / February 27, 2015 /

You recall this home, I’m sure — the $4 million wonder in Farmer’s Branch we told you about a few weeks ago with Bush, Helen Keller and even Foster Grant ties. The spread includes a zen garden with babbling brooks feeding into the Farmers Branch Creek, seen here, which is dammed up to create a lake-like…

Here’s What’s Happening at The House, Which Can Be YOUR House

By Candy Evans / February 27, 2015 /

I spent some time recently at The House, the newest of the sleek contemporary high rises in Victory Park. Every time I leave I am more impressed than ever with the 28-story high rise and the values it offers for downtown living. The House is one of the best values in town if you are…

NeoClassic Verisimilitude: The Very Best of the Vendome

By Candy Evans / February 27, 2015 /

You know the Vendome, the Grand Dame of Dallas high rise living? There was a time in Dallas, before The Residences at the Ritz Carlton, Museum Tower and One Arts Plaza were born, when dropping this name as your address resulted in a small hush — as in oh, you live at the Vendome? It…

This Austin Waters Villa Home is Pulling Its Weight & More in Carrollton

By Candy Evans / February 26, 2015 /

We have written about Darling Home’s Austin Waters because we are, quite frankly, obsessed, and 2244 Longwood Drive is a great example why. Here we have a Darling Austin Waters Villa, a garden home on less than one quarter acre not too terribly far out of the loop. For $389,900 we are getting oh so…

Waterslide, Waterfalls, Tennis Court, Dog Spa, and The Biggest Dang Swimming Pool in Texas

By Candy Evans / February 26, 2015 /

This is one for the record books. 3620 Ranchero in Ranchero Estates, Plano, has to be one of the most loaded homes in North Texas. I’m talking rivalling and actually surpassing Champs D’Or as far as interior over-the-top amenities. Champ, which is under contract, by the way, was more like living at the Broadmoor. You…