Candy Evans

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

I Love My Old Preston Hollow, But That’s Why Kips Bay (And Everyone Else) is Here Too

By Candy Evans / November 5, 2023 /

As the 2023 Kips Bay Decorator Show House kicks off in Old Preston Hollow this weekend, I’m reminded why this is one of my absolute favorite neighborhoods in Dallas and why others would love it, too. Fond Memories I lived here for more than 10 years near the corner of Park Lane and Hollow Way,…

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Here’s an Opportunity to Purchase Waterfront Parcels on Texas’ Newest Lake

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2023 /

Last year we told you about Bois D’Arc Lake and the creation of brand new lakefront property as the first new large lake built in Texas in almost thirty years. This 16,641-acre lake was built as a reservoir to serve North Texas residents’ water needs, as well as a recreational deep water and fishing lake,…

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BREAKING: Jury in Sitzer/Burnett Case Finds NAR, Brokerages Guilty of Colluding to Inflate Commissions

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2023 /

It did not take long for a Kansas City jury to create a Halloween nightmare for real estate agents. The jury in the bombshell Sitzer/Burnett trial in Kansas City has found the National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America, and Keller Williams guilty of colluding to inflate or maintain high commission rates through the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation…

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Halloween at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Turtle Creek Digs Featured Great Costumes And Better Chili

By Candy Evans / October 30, 2023 /

This was the first annual Chili Cook-Off at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Real Estate, but it won’t be the last. The perfect pre-Halloween feast, agents donned costumes and feasted on treats including five huge bubbling cauldrons of homemade chili. This was the inaugural taste-off of the now-annual chili contest, I was honored to be the…

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Discover Woodland Hills in Broken Bow, Where Dallas Goes to Getaway

By Candy Evans / October 29, 2023 /

For years we have been writing about the favorite vacation home getaways of North Texas, where people from Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Westlake, and Fort Worth escape the urban jungle. And we have a hot new spot that more than fulfills the second home checklist. It’s called Woodland Hills at Broken Bow. For the uninitiated,…

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