Candy Evans

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

NO Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Lookout Apartments, Lake Highlands

By Candy Evans / March 14, 2020 /

Update 8:14 pm: Great news. Dallas City Councilman Adam McGough now says there is NOT a confirmed case of COVID-19 at the Lookout Apartments. Communication below: From the Lake Highlands Advocate, it appears there is confirmed case of Coronavirus at the Lookout Apartments in the Lake Highlands Town Center. But the tenant email outlines the new…

Flexible Craftsman on Boca Raton in Northern Preston Hollow Allows Room to Grow

By Candy Evans / March 14, 2020 /

Registry Fine Homes is a very sharp home builder. Why build out a 6,500-plus-square-foot home with umpteen bedrooms and bathrooms, high utility maintenance, not to mention that giant check we all just wrote over a month ago to John Ames, Dallas County Tax Assessor? Instead, they took 5922 Boca Raton Drive in northern Preston Royal,…

Ebby Halliday Companies Lead Sales Volume in Preston Hollow Area 11

By Candy Evans / March 14, 2020 /

With so many excellent residential brokerages vying annually for a piece of one of Dallas’ prized real estate pies – Preston Hollow/North Dallas, a.k.a., Area 11 – leaving the dessert table with the biggest slice is quite a coup. As in many years past, the 75-year-old Ebby Halliday Companies – comprising Ebby Halliday Realtors, Dave…

The State of Dallas Real Estate: There’s No Place Like Home, So Stay There

By Candy Evans / March 13, 2020 /

It’s been a scary, challenging week. Schools are extending their Spring Breaks for a week, there are no NBA games, no NHL games, and no Dallas Art Fair. At least one brokerage has shut down an office. Conferences are canceling left and right. New Rochelle, NY, is on lockdown with the National Guard enforcing. Museums…

You Can Teach an Old House Transitional Tricks With The Right Builder

By Candy Evans / March 13, 2020 /

Take a good, hard look at this beautiful Highland Park home. Guess when it was built. If you, like me, are accustomed to touring beautiful new home builds almost daily, you’d guess within the last five to seven years, right? WRONG. Pay attention: you are going to see a sort of magic take place with…