Candy Evans

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

Saturday Means The Real Estate Happy Hour at 4:00pm on KLIF News 570!

By Candy Evans / October 18, 2014 /

We’re gonna talk real estate, then put on our cowboy boots and head over to Cattle Barons…

Give me Walkability: A Bud Oglesby Retreat on Travis Walk NOT in MLS

By Candy Evans / October 17, 2014 /

Can you say ahhhh? This 2-story Uptown townhome designed by renowned architect, Bud Oglesby, is not in MLS but available through Faisal Halum at Briggs Freeman Sothebys. You get stunning polished concrete floors, walnut and brick exposed walls, a gourmet galley style kitchen loade with the latest and greatest appliances, and floor to ceiling windows.…

More on Mark Cuban’s Preston Hollow Kingdom: Now He Owns a Road!

By Candy Evans / October 17, 2014 /

Got in touch with attorney Andrew Sommerman today, who lives next door-ish to the Cuban properties on Averill Way and Jourdan Way. I gleaned a little more info on why Cuban may have wanted to pick up 8601 Jourdan Way. Recall that it was Eric Nicholson who figured out that Cubes bought the 76 year…

Go West: A Compound in Albany, Texas, With Room for the Whole Dang Family

By Candy Evans / October 16, 2014 /

It  seems like this might be the perfect time for bird or dove hunting, no? And you know a beautiful, not too far away place to go for that? Albany, Texas.  Albany is about two and a half hours west of Preston Hollow, the center of my universe. The new visitors center at Fort Griffin…

Escape to Albany: A Fandangle-y Great Family Compound Near Art Prison in the Hottest Ranch Home Town in Texas

By Candy Evans / October 16, 2014 /

This summer I had the chance to visit an amazing property in Albany, Texas, about 125 miles due west, where I understand Trevor Rees-Jones recently bought land. I’m hearing more and more about this part of Texas, which I called west texas until I actually SAW west Texas a few weeks ago! When I was…