Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
A reader writes: We recently purchased a new home in the Highland Park area, the builder and seller were both a family “group”. The mother and father funded and the son “acted” as the builder. The seller did not honor any of the contracted warranty or 3rd party inspection items; he refused to do…
Remember when, right after Lehman Brothers tanked and the market crashed in fall of 2008, how plain brown shopping bags were the rage? Conspicuous consumption was out, and the wealthy did not want anyone to know that they were blowing $90,000 a month on revolving credit at luxury stores when so many people were out of work. (My friends who work at…
This darling 1950’s ranch is west of Hillcrest, on the chi chi side, at 6832 Northwood. Buy this for way less than $300K — it’s listed as a foreclosure at $279,000. Then go brag on how you live on the very same street George and Laura Bush lived on the LAST time they lived in Dallas…
Check out this darling Craftsman treasure at 1028 Haines just two blocks from the Bishop Arts District, a hop, skip and jump from Kidd Springs Park. I have never seen a 1344 plus square foot home make such great use of space — the designer could teach space planning! The kitchen boasts granite counters, a slate floor,…
