Candy Evans

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

Brady Bunch Glam, Park Cities Style Home Doubles Your Living Pleasure

By Candy Evans / April 28, 2014 /

The first thing you notice about 3309 Centenary, this smooth-lined Mediterranean beauty, is the doubly huge Park Cities lot — 140 by 150, since it was two 70 by 150 lots knitted together. Knitting together lots seems to be a trend on Centenary, by the way. The huge half acre creates a splendid setting and…

Inwood Home of the Week: Customized Family Home on the Best Cul de Sac is Queen of STORAGE!

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2014 /

This is one of my favorite “favorite homes” for several reasons. First of all, I combed through this house on a recent tour and don’t even think I, Ms. Wordsmith (or is it smythe?) can do it justice. The home was custom built by a couple who — I just have to say it —…

GiveBackHomes Growing in DFW, Across U.S. Using Home Sales to House the Homeless

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2014 /

When did I first tell you all about Giveback Homes, the brain-child of local boy Blake Andrews? There we go: last August, 2013. Here we are, above, in Big D last month. Giveback Homes is a network of socially conscious real estate professionals. Here’s how it works: the agent joins up and a bio page is…

“Les Jardins” on Turtle Creek Sells at Auction for $2,550,000

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2014 /

Sold! Another successful auction by the Concierge Auction peeps who sold off 3808 Turtle Creek late today, a 6300 square foot property last listed at $4.25 million and auctioned without reserve. Winning bid was $2.55 million, which includes the buyer’s premium. The auction happened so fast I actually walked in on the tail end!

Highland House: A New Definition of Luxury High Rise Living for a High Class Demographic

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2014 /

As we have mentioned, Luke Crosland, the man who developed The ilume, a mixed-use retail/residential project at Cedar Springs and Knight Street in Oak Lawn, is hoping to build an extremely high end, $100,000,000 residential apartment community into the very heart of Preston Center, south of Northwest Highway. Crosland, principal of The Crosland Group, developed the 316-unit…