Candy Evans

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

Clone Myself: Fort Worth Has Home Tours, Too! Fairmount Tour of Homes Features Craftsman Bungalows

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2014 /

We know most of us will be on Swiss Avenue this weekend, at the Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Tour — I will be there, I’m a docent at Aldrege House, which is owned by the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance, and is where my dear friend Pam Brannon of Briggs Freeman Sothebys was…

Library, Fitness, Pool, Spa, Tennis Court: Resort Yard off Forest is a Home to Make Mother Happy

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2014 /

You know Los Arboles? That seriously gated community off Forest Lane, snuggled in between Preston and Hillcrest, dripping with lakes, waterfalls, and some of the most manicured landscaping in town? Inside those pearly gates you find some amazing properties that are little known because, well, they are behind gates!

Got Your Notice of Appraised Value? Get Ready to Pay. Here’s the BAD PART About Rising Dallas Home Values

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2014 /

What a difference a year makes! I got my notices from both Dallas County and Bexar County, and I immediately called up Rob Wheelock to scream, HELP! Help me help me, I’m poor — or I will be come January 31, 2015. Yikes, Dallas real estate values are up, so the Appraisal District is following…

Highland House in Preston Center Town Hall Meeting Next Tuesday Evening

By Candy Evans / May 7, 2014 /

Got word yesterday from City Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates that she is hosting a town-hall meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 at Northway Christian Church, giving homeowners a chance to learn more about the proposed luxury high-rise apartment community called Highland House that Luke Crosland wants to build in the heart of Preston Center, hear about…

The Dallas Morning News Supports Transwestern’s Lux Apartment Proposal at Preston & Northwest Highway

By Candy Evans / May 6, 2014 /

Don’t know if you caught this, and I meant to draw this out last week, but Rudolph Bush at the Dallas Morning News is strongly supporting Transwestern’s proposal to change the zoning to build a six-story luxury apartment community at the northeast corner of Preston and Northwest Highway. You recall this project would replace the existing…