Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
“Where there is smoke, there’s fire.” The Wall Street Journal rocked the real estate community last week Thursday with an exclusive report that Compass is in “advanced talks” to acquire HomeServices of America, Berkshire Hathaway’s prized residential real estate gem. This is a report that HomeServices of America “categorically” denies. But then Inman chimed in:…
I honestly cannot understand two really great things about this beautiful Melshire Estates home. One, its square footage and two, its price. In fact, 5740 Northmoor has landed firmly into my “take a second look” bucket, the pickiest real estate bucket in town, but laser-focused on downsizing properties. (As you may know by now, my…
The news came from the man who has written even more than I have on this topic: the demise of the former Valley View Mall renamed Midtown and promised, promised, promised to be delivered for at least 12 years. Twelve long years. That man is Robert Wilonsky, who recently returned to the Dallas Morning News,…
Candy’s House Hunting Adventures: The House That Calisthenics Loves As part of our search for a new home, we toured this one last year during our “let’s move to far North Dallas” move phase, which we have not entirely outgrown. It emerged because (a) my granddaughter is in far North Dallas, and (b) we had…
Preston Hollow will never be the same when it comes to housing. From Northwest Highway northward to Royal Lane, blocks of quarter to half acre 60’s era homes mirror the frenetic tear-down/build fury of the Park Cities. Even better than the Bubble, Preston Hollow East evokes a countrified, tree-rich atmosphere, and while not as immersive…
