Candy Evans

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

Modern Marvel on Abbott is Shining Star of Contemporary Architecture Row

By Candy Evans / October 7, 2014 /

  Want to know one of the hottest neighborhoods in town where Baby Boomers are buying every inch of land they can grab? I call it Contemporary Architecture Row, a sliver of land between Highland Park, the Katy Trail and Turtle Creek, about one block long in Northern Heights. Here you will find 60 by…

The Utility Concierge: Your One Stop Shop to Get New Home Utilities Set Up, Analyzed, For FREE

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2014 /

Photo courtesy of the Dallas Morning News Kye R. Lee/Staff Photographer Remember when we told you about Gabe Abshire’s Utility Concierge, the brilliant company that hooks up all your utilities and services when you move into a new home? Thinking of what a pain in the neck all that can be gives me a headache and…

Jane McGarry’s New Online Magazine Will Be Featuring House P. From CandysDirt!

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2014 /

We love Jane McGarry, from the first time we watched her at the KXAS-TV anchor desk to the fun times I had with her on Nonstop Nightly when I’d drive to the KXAS studios in Fort Worth and give a little real estate report in the early days of this blog. Early days? I know,…

Russwood Acres Home PROVES You Can Teach an Old Ranch WAY SEXY New Tricks!

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2014 /

Well, this home sure made my Sunday, and I hope it makes your week! I do not know when I have seen such a wonderfully beautiful, thorough, tasteful remodel of a circa 1960’s ranch in Russwood Acres. This neighborhood of sprawling ranches and hefty yards up at Inwood and Royal is still enjoying a lot…

That Markdown on Tom Hicks Property is the Second Reduction With Less Land: From $98 Million Now to $60 Million

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2014 /

Alan Peppard reported Sunday on something I have been meaning to tell you: The Tom Hicks Crespi Estate on Walnut Hill Lane has been reduced in price, somewhat. As Alan reports, the Hicks have decided to sell their estate with less land for less money: 10 acres, and 42,500-square-feet of the most luxurious living in Dallas…