Candy Evans

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

Jacque Wynne, Beloved Co-Founder of Cattle Baron’s Ball, Dies at 78

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2025 /

One of Dallas’ most beloved social icons, an Allie Beth Allman Realtor and the queen of Cattle Baron’s Ball, died on Saturday in her beloved city after a brief illness. Jacquelyn Ryan Wynne lived through her 78th birthday on Friday, October 17, then passed at about 2 p.m. at the William P. Clements Jr. University…

Finders Keepers for This Dallas Home With Highland Park ISD Perks

By Candy Evans / September 24, 2025 /

Sometimes really great homes fly under the radar, especially this time of the real estate season when they have come online during the summer months. I cannot believe 7816 Hanover Street is still on the market. We could swoop it right up. I have always wanted to live on either Hanover or Dartmouth, where I…

This Savvy Agent Has Some Art Sales You Can’t Resist

By Candy Evans / September 8, 2025 /

Lynda Piepgras is the kind of agent who always thinks outside the box for her clients. A talented Compass agent, Lynda has ventured into estate sales after putting some on for her clients. Finding a demand for these services, she is now known all over the Park Cities for her estate sale prowess. In fact,…

From Bridges to Backsplashes: Candy Evans Finds the Fun in Remodeling

By Candy Evans / September 8, 2025 /

Now I remember all the fabulous reasons we’re moving. Hint: about 200,000 of them are at Texas Counter Fitters. Never mind that I’m exhausted from mortgage financing, bridge loans, interest rates (LOWER THEM ALREADY!!!), purging, and packing. Some days, I feel I could just pack and ship myself off to Florida. Instead, I have to experience the…

Downsizing Diaries: The Hard Work of Letting Go

By Candy Evans / September 1, 2025 /

It’s Labor Day, and while most folks are firing up the grill or at least taking in a movie to beat the rain, I’m deeply entrenched in the three P’s where I have been buried for months — purging, packing, panicking. Gave the editors the day off, too, not just for the holiday but because…