Candy Evans

Candy Evans: Dallas City Hall Says a Property Tax Reduction is on The Table, But It’s Not The Tax Break You Think

By Candy Evans / August 8, 2022 /

I was in Nashville, Tennessee, recently, interviewing agents there as I perused their gorgeous property offerings. Found out a lot of people are choosing Nashville over Dallas (and Texas) as they relocate from either California, the Midwest, or the East Coast. Why? Tennessee property taxes are one-third of Texas’. And there is no state income…

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Turtle Creek Association Takes Matters Into Its Own Hands to Beautify Dallas’ Front Yard

By April Towery / July 6, 2022 /

One of the most popular home tours in Dallas is coming up this fall, and organizers at the Turtle Creek Association are excited about letting residents behind the curtain of the city’s most fabulous mansions while raising money to beautify the jewel of their neighborhood. That jewel? Turtle Creek. J.D. Trueblood, president and CEO of…

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Real Estate, Retail, And Riches: When CNN’s Richard Quest Knocks, You Answer

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2022 /

We were checking our bags at SFO on January 6 when I got an email from a producer at CNN, a chap named Robert Howell: Hi Candy, I am a producer with CNN’s “Quest’s World of Wonder” program. It’s a monthly travel show hosted by Richard Quest that aims to uncover the “DNA” of cities around…

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Deep Dives Into Dallas History Pay Off: CandysDirt.com Wins a Preservation Achievement Award

By Joanna England / June 17, 2021 /

The very first column that Karen Eubank wrote for her weekly report on North Texas’ built history was about an absolutely irresistible mansion in Highland Park at 3601 Beverly. In her inaugural Historic Preservation column Karen introduced her audience to a property that might just be the crème de la crème of historic homes in…

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Dallas Street Racing Accelerates, Hits Preston Center With a Bang

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2021 /

Heather Conover, a registered nurse and former cop who hails from a strong family law enforcement background, lives in the Park Cities. Her home is on the market. She and her family plan to move out of the area often referred to as “The Bubble” because of rising crime and street racing, which has reached…

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