Candy Evans

Mary Lisa Gavenas' new book, "Selling Opportunity: The Story of Mary Kay Ash," is loaded with Dallas real estate dirt. And we've got a little preview.

PaigeBrooke Farm in Westlake is easily one of my all-time favorite properties, and that stunning achievement in preservation has just hit the market.

Slatwall is your friend. Whether you're downsizing or just want to get everything in order, this stuff will transform your garage and any other space.

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The deadline to protest your property taxes is Friday, and homeowners who plan to challenge their ever-rising appraisal values still have time to file. We’ve certainly seen the trend: Up go the property values, up go the property taxes, regardless of legislative action to chop rates. That’s why CandysDirt recently offered readers the opportunity to…

Kenilworth poet celebrates her first book at 91

Officials will soon weigh permanently undermining connectivity between downtown and southern Dallas against saving $600M on convention center construction.

Given my recent downsizing, my handbag collection has gotten lighter as I shed my beautiful older handbags. I Sent My Handbag to The RealReal, Got an Unreal $2 Beautiful leather, pristine condition (they had lived in dust bags in my closet), and they sold — for peanuts: $2. The purses that people really want and…

Ryan Serhant conquered New York. He’d done it the hard way — open houses in the rain, clients who changed their minds 17 times, brokers who looked at him like he was a doodle wandering into a board meeting. He’d survived the 2008 crash, the pandemic, and the brutal warfare of Manhattan co-op boards. He’d…

Townhomes are totally having a moment, and we’re all for it. In fact, we love it so much, we have decided to make “Townhouse Thursday” a regular weekly feature here on CandysDirt. Bigger is not always better, as we seasoned real estate consumers know. Less land generally means less maintenance and lower taxes, and who…