Candy Evans

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

Clarification: I SUPPORT Highland House in Preston Center Because Dang It, Dallas Needs to Grow Up

By Candy Evans / May 13, 2014 /

So a few people have misunderstood my post last week, “How To Fight Growth in Your City, Start a Petition Drive”. I was being sarcastic, folks. What I was trying to say was that we have to stop fighting growth and development in our “in-circle” neighborhoods — to borrow a Neiman Marcus term, IF we…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Here’s a Swiss Avenue Jewel That Was NOT on Tour, Now Reduced, See It Right Here

By Candy Evans / May 12, 2014 /

I had the best Mother’s Day ever at the Swiss Avenue Historic District’s Mother’s Day Home Tour. We rambled through four of the eight homes on tour, skipping Aldredge House only because I can get in any time and have been there for many a Dallas County Medical Alliance meeting. But here is one home…

Sunday Six Hundred: If It’s Good Enough for The Good Guys, It’s Good Enough for Us!

By Candy Evans / May 12, 2014 /

Here’s a little post-Mother’s Day giftie. This Lakewood area home is not yet on the market, but is very much for sale as a Hip Pocket, so this is your chance to snag an off-market listing before it hits MLS. And it may spur you to know: fame both slept and SHOT here.

We’ve Done Your Mother’s Day Shopping: Make Mom (REAL) Happy With a Wine Basement!

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2014 /

Hey, she car-pooled you ’till she was blue in the face, did your laundry when the maid was off, and carried you around for nine months not to mention nursing, diapers, and (post-partum) liposuction. The least you can do is treat her to her own below-ground retreat where she can  collect vino and drink all…

City Plan Commission Gives Go-Ahead to Zoning Plan for Saltillo Apartments on Cole While Tornado Sirens Screech

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2014 /

This was a surprise, because the developers, Provident, had it coming from two sides. The town of Highland Park opposed re-zoning for the new 250-ish apartment development because they said a new, larger complex would negatively impact a tiny park called Abbott Park. Um, from the looks of the existing apartments, which lease for $900 to…