Candy Evans

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

Think It’s Cold in Dallas Tonight? Take a Look at the Beach in Maine BRRRR

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2015 /

They’ve been getting a lot of snow in southern Maine. Coastal York County was hardest hit in southern Maine, with the quaint village of York (where we get Salt Water Taffy) getting smacked with 21 inches, Kennebunkport got 18 inches, Kittery suffered 17 inches, Ogunquit 17 inches, Saco got 13 inches, Kennebunk got 11.2 inches,…

Post-Valentines Day Dallas Dirt: Family Screening Lot Buyers for LOVE, Horses Most Certainly Welcome

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2015 /

Are you looking to build a home to fill with love? This looks like another one acre lot for sale off Ricks Circle in Hillcrest Estates, an area many refer to as Preston Hollow, even though technically it is not. But this is no ordinary lot. And it is no ordinary sale. Rather than list…

CD Exclusive: The Sky Bridge of Preston Center, View From the Parking Garage

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2015 /

This is an artists’ rendering of what the proposed skybridge to connect Preston Center Pavillion to the 2-story concrete parking garage at the center of Preston Center west will look like from the garage interior. The garage is owned by the City of Dallas but has numerous parking rights deeded to the property owners surrounding…

50 Shades of Grey? It May Take a Multi-Millionaire to Build a Basement in Dallas

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2015 /

  When we moved here, the first thing that struck me about homes in Dallas, was the dearth of basements. Most homes up north have them, with footings below the frost line. I grew up in homes with basements, including the split level. That house actually had a crawl space under the main floor (with…

Exclusive: The Sky Bridge at Preston Center From Inside the Pavillion

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2015 /

Here is a look at how Crow Holdings plans to remodel the first floor interiors of the Preston Center Pavilion. You will have the option of taking an escalator up to the second story grocer. I’m not nuts about those floor tiles, can we find something better looking?