Candy Evans

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

Talk About a “Great Room,” This Great Prestie Holler Spec Just Took a Big Fat Price Reduction…

By Candy Evans / January 19, 2015 /

Here is a brand spanking new Preston Hollow home on Pemberton, a couple houses west of Hillcrest. Really nice construction, the home is a spec, yes, but an elegant one. Which reminds me: there is a trend I am seeing in spec homes: they are getting snazzier by the minute. Gone are the days when…

Fort Worth Friday: Orange-You Glad You Live in Fort Worth?

By Candy Evans / January 18, 2015 /

Wow, I mean, just wow. Look what a $1.2 nets you in Fort Worth. I like this home at 400 Virginia Place in Fort Worth because it is elegant and stately, and has high ceilings even though it was built in 1987. That means that the creators had some forward-thinking thoughts going on in their…

As California Transplants to Texas, This Bluffview Transitional May Be The Last Well-Behaved Child in Town!

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2015 /

  I know it’s January, but this stunning home (and our much, much improved weather) reminds me that our lawns will be green once again. That, plus I happen to be in California, where all the homes look like 4442 Manning Drive Lane. Also 65 and sunny! For the life of me, I am trying…

Listing of the Week: The Classic Southern Life is Good on Southwestern

By Candy Evans / January 14, 2015 /

This home is one of the treasures of the Park Cities: a striking French Quarter flavor built by Rusty Goff in 2007 that is owned by one of the most talented landscape architects in town, Doug Smellage, owner and founder of Lawns of Dallas. True landscapers, they built the structure and landscaped as carefully as they…

Loving Our Cowboys: All Tony Romo Needs is a Little House Therapy

By Candy Evans / January 14, 2015 /

Poor Tony. I cried when I saw these photos. What a great guy. I still remember when he stopped to change a tire for a motorist. But fear not, Sunday’s loss will soon be forgotten as he and Candice get to work on THE HOUSE.