Karen Eubank
Karen is a senior columnist at Candy’s Media and has been writing stories since she could hold a crayon. She is a globe-trotting, history-loving eternal optimist who would find it impossible to live well without dogs, Tex-Mex, and dark chocolate. She covers luxury properties and historic preservation for Candys Dirt.
If Santa had brought me a big bag of money for Christmas, I’d buy one of these beautiful luxury homes. By now you know my heart is firmly planted in the preservation community and historic homes make my heart skip a beat, so three of these are iconic historic homes. However, there is a 1999…
Dallas house prices have continued to rise, and there’s really no end in sight. It amazes me weekly when I search for our Saturday listing, which used to be in the $600,000 price range until we realized we had to expand our search up to $899,000 to show you anything worthwhile. It made me think…
It’s never a surprise to hear about a historic preservation loss. What is surprising is how much better 2024 was than 2023. This past year, I’m happy to report that our wins outweighed our losses. Although we had fewer losses, they were significant. The Cox Mansion At the top of the list of historic preservation…
Some neighborhoods have traditions and a holiday spirit only seen in the movies. Hollywood Heights is one of those neighborhoods, and that spirit centers around a unique tradition, Electric Lizzyland. For what must be verging on decades now, Liz Simmons has been crafting elaborate front yard displays that give the neighborhood kiddos visions of a…
Texas is a big draw for celebrities because it offers privacy, peace, and space — lots of space. The old saying that everything is bigger in Texas could not be more true when you look at real estate. Whether you want to hang your hat in a classic mansion or an uber-cool, sleek Riverhills Modern,…
