Candy Evans

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

Holly Kincaid, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / January 19, 2014 /

Holly Kincaid of Plano, Texas, one of North Texas’ most beloved agents, died on January 8, 2014 at the age of 50. A true Dallas native, she was born on November 25, 1963 at Baylor University Medical Center Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Her memorial service was today in Plano. She was married to Robert R.…

Inwood Home of the Week: If the Tributes on Hunger Games Were to Fight for a Property, This Valley Ridge Mansion Would Be It

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

This 7362 square foot estate is located on one of the most coveted blocks in Dallas. There’s Beverly Drive and Park Lane, Strait Lane and St. Johns, Armstrong Parkway, Alice Circle and Lexington. Those are all wonderful streets. Then there is 4631 Valley Ridge. On Valley Ridge. This home, like  the neighborhood, is dripping with high…

Acre's New High: After 2.5 Years on Market, Park Lane Lot Finds Happy Buyer

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

Get out your pens, folks, here is another market bellwether: 5020 Park Lane. On the market for 2.5 years. Could be because the seller listened to her psychic, not her trusted agent, when it came to pricing and set the price for the 1.12 acre lot at $3,595,000 and launched the listing when Mercury was…

Acre’s New High: After 2.5 Years on Market, Park Lane Lot Finds Happy Buyer

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

Get out your pens, folks, here is another market bellwether: 5020 Park Lane. On the market for 2.5 years. Could be because the seller listened to her psychic, not her trusted agent, when it came to pricing and set the price for the 1.12 acre lot at $3,595,000 and launched the listing when Mercury was…

Leaving on a Jet Plane to Visit Casa Santuario in Austin. $15 Million. No Reserve

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2014 /

Your’s truly is joining this fine group of Allie Beth Allman Urban agents plus designer extraordinaire Barry Williams, jetting down to Austin Wednesday on Southwest Air Lines. Who knows? Maybe we’ll end up in Cancun? We are going down to see a most extraordinary listing, the $15 million dollar Casa Santuario in Austin Texas. This…