Instagram real estate influencers have flocked to this Midcentury Modern in Brentfeild. See what all the hype is about.| CandysDirt.com
It's always a good time for a reminder of some of the ways that we can become "electricity blind" in our own homes.| CandysDirt.com
This Frisco Heights home designed by Albert Komatsu has a unique architectural style we're calling "Tex Mex Japanese Modern."| CandysDirt.com
So I went up to Plano a couple Sundays ago, nice easy drive up the Dallas North Tollway to the Windhaven exit. Fifteen minutes later I thought maybe I had been transported to the Texas Hill Country. This was Red Wolf Lane. I had heard about this house several years ago from its builder, Sharif…| CandysDirt.com
You may recall that I told you, last year, about the Screenfest we have had on our porch ever since we screened it in with retractable screens by KJ Custom Screens. Teresa Staggs, who owns KJ Custom Screens & Outdoor Living, the premier North Texas distributor and installer of the world’s top exterior motorized screens,…| CandysDirt.com
Some of my favorite columns have been the ones on home inspection finds that are the result of well-meaning but epically bad DIY jobs.| CandysDirt.com
Dallas City Council to Vote Wednesday on Lakewood Conservation District Expansion | CandysDirt.com
Following a years-long battle to expand the Lakewood Conservation District, the Dallas Plan Commission unanimously agreed Thursday to remove a large chunk of the proposed expansion area and move the case forward to the Dallas City Council. The decision wasn’t taken lightly and drew opposition from about half the residents in the affected area, according…| CandysDirt.com
The 2023 Lakewood Home Tour benefits local schools and marks year 47 of sneak peeks into beautiful neighborhood homes.| CandysDirt.com
This Dines & Kraft Spanish Eclectic is not only a beatuifuy luxury home, it's an example of historic preservation at its best.| CandysDirt.com
One of the most original and intact Spanish Eclectic designs by Clifford Hutsell is on the market for the first time in 48 years.| CandysDirt.com
It's almost time for the Lakewood Home Festival. Mark your calendars and be prepared to be blown away as the tour includes three Clifford Hutsell homes!| CandysDirt.com
This Huge Transitional Home Just Took Center Stage on the Heath Market | CandysDirt.com
They’re Doing Something Right as Ebby Halliday Companies Agents Celebrate Anniversaries| CandysDirt.com
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Bachman Lake Skate Park brought back former Mayor Pro Tem Adam Medrano to the celebration, which would not have happened without the bond money he helped allocate to ensure the construction of the skate park. The Bachman Lake Skate Park is located in District 6, which is represented by Councilmember…| CandysDirt.com
A Private Resort in the Heart of Downtown Fort Worth is Residential, Commercial … or Both!| CandysDirt.com
Some architectural styles never fall out of favor, and this Lakewood Colonial Revival shows just how relevant an updated classic can be.| CandysDirt.com
This Bent Tree Beauty is a ‘Living Your Best Life’ Pinterest Board| CandysDirt.com
Take a spin down Dogwood Drive in Wylie, just a couple of blocks off the city’s historic downtown, and you wouldn’t know a brutal ax murder occurred on this quiet residential street in 1980. The home itself isn’t particularly remarkable, but it has certainly drawn its share of gawkers since the true crime mini-series Candy…| CandysDirt.com
What has happened to the house?| CandysDirt.com
Meredith Ellis’ JAMES Showroom: A One-Stop Shop for Textiles and Furnishings| CandysDirt.com
Fairway Living at Its Finest: Come See This Golf Enthusiast’s Dream For Yourself Sunday Afternoon| CandysDirt.com
Members of the Dallas City Council’s Economic Development Committee were briefed Monday on the latest version of the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan and said they didn’t have a lot of comments because they’d just received the draft the night before.| CandysDirt.com
Last Day of Early Voting for Dallas City Council Runoffs| CandysDirt.com
Following a years-long battle that pitted Far North Dallas residents against City Plan Commission members, elected officials, and a former councilman who now works for Masterplan zoning consultants, the CPC unanimously recommended approval Thursday for Henry S. Miller’s mixed-use Pepper Square development at Preston and Belt Line Roads.| CandysDirt.com
A vacant shopping center at Preston and Belt Line roads is not any closer to becoming a mixed-use development with up to 984 housing units, after yet another deferral by the City Plan Commission on Thursday.| CandysDirt.com
Adam Lamont is a pretty normal guy, so why are so many people up in arms over his ideas on affordable housing in Dallas?| CandysDirt.com
A rezoning meeting in far North Dallas last week regarding the redevelopment of Pepper Square at the southeast corner of Preston and Belt Line roads turned acrimonious for District 11 Dallas City Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz.| CandysDirt.com
This Farmers Branch Home Next to the Epic Oran Good Park Really Shines Bright| CandysDirt.com
I know there are people out there who secretly, or maybe not so secretly, want to stop traffic. I know, I know. You’re thinking your best killer outfit might do it. Or the next time you go to get coiffed that new ‘do will be so perfect, those beach waves are just on point. Or…| CandysDirt.com
Experts predict an increased need for downtown Fort Worth residences with Texas A&M planning to expand its Cowtown campus.| CandysDirt.com
Restored Samuels Avenue villa, built in the 1870's, offers a hidden urban oasis with charming gardens on a river front acreage.| CandysDirt.com
Brad Oldham and Chirsty Coltrin are selling their Highland Park treehouse. If you are clever you may be able to score SpeedBIRD| CandysDirt.com
McKinney landed the No. 1 spot in a RentCafe ranking of the best cities to live in as a renter, beating out 149 other locales across the U.S.| CandysDirt.com
The results of the 2025 Community Survey and Dallas residents are pretty pleased with the direction in which the city moving forward.| CandysDirt.com
Officials in Dallas are signing off on property tax relief for seniors and disabled homeowners by increasing the homestead exemption.| CandysDirt.com
A number of bills that aim to alleviate the state's housing shortage are now awaiting Gov. Greg Abbott's signature.| CandysDirt.com
A new study by Storage Sense shows that the average size of a one-bedroom apartment in Dallas has shrunk by more than 11%.| CandysDirt.com
Farmers Branch-based Centurion American Development Group announced earlier this month that it will create 89 two-acre estate lots at the iconic Southfork Ranch.| CandysDirt.com
Live Like Lady Bird Johnson: Inside her Beloved Mount Pleasant Midcentury Modern Retreat| CandysDirt.com
For this edition of Inwood Home of The Week, we're exploring Hearthside, a historic home known for its exquisite Mid Century Modern design.| CandysDirt.com
Summer is in full swing, and that means one thing in Texas: sky-high electricity bills. Where does your city stack up on pricing?| CandysDirt.com
Virginia Place cottage offers over 1900 square feet of move-in ready living space in coveted Westside location near museums and restaurants.| CandysDirt.com
Just in case you’re hot, hum this little tune in your head. Oh, the weather outside is frightfulBut the fire is so delightfulAnd since we’ve no place to goLet it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! “Let it Snow!”By Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne Someday, not soon enough for some of us, it will…| CandysDirt.com
Publisher Candy Evans and her husband Walter have decided it's time for a lock and leave lifestyle. Their gorgeous home just hit the market!| CandysDirt.com
This coming weekend, August 8–10, the Southfork Experience kicks off with a VIP Cocktail Party at the Ewing Mansion.| CandysDirt.com
North Texas retail posted a strong quarter, with a significant increase in project delivery and a strong under-construction pipeline.| CandysDirt.com
While the Federal Reserve decided not to cut interest rates this month, two board members signaled it was time to loosen monetary policy.| CandysDirt.com
After suffering another setback in court over their STR ban, Dallas officials are considering all their options ahead of the World Cup.| CandysDirt.com
Construction of a Whole Foods is now underway as part of Frisco's upcoming 112-acre mixed-use community and high-end retail center: The Mix.| CandysDirt.com
Texas seems to be bucking the trend ever so slightly as national home prices hit a record year-over-year high for June.| CandysDirt.com
There’s no question that Craig and Kathryn Walt Hall, founders of the HALL Group real estate development firm, have made a significant impact on the growth and vibrancy of downtown Dallas. The Halls were honored last week at Downtown Dallas Inc.’s annual meeting, a ritzy soirée at the Omni Dallas Hotel.| CandysDirt.com
A battle of property rights versus historic preservation and neighborhood compatibility will come to a head this week as the Dallas City Council is slated to vote on the Lakewood Conservation District expansion.| CandysDirt.com
I get it, I’m not Luka, and there won’t be any protests about my departure. I don’t need to tell you about the cool stuff I’ve done during my tenure in Dallas so I’ll use this space to talk about the plan going forward.| CandysDirt.com
When advocates lobbied in November 2022 for a 2 percent hotel occupancy tax increase to redevelop the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallasites were sold on the promise that it would bring much-needed economic development and tourism dollars and bridge a divide between downtown and southern Dallas.| CandysDirt.com
This Classic Park Lane Mansion Is Perfectly Revived for 2025| CandysDirt.com
Tatum Brown does it again. They knocked our socks off in our CandysDirt.com The Sweetest Home competition. It's flawless!| CandysDirt.com
Our Sweetest Home competition has resulted in a myriad of favorites. This storybook cottage will fullfil your childhood fantasies| CandysDirt.com
We hear a lot of complaints these days about big white boxes masquerading as modern homes. But this modern home at 6957 Bob O’Link is everything a “white box” should be. A “big bag of yes,” one of our editors called it and that’s precisely why CandysDirt.com has named it one of The Sweetest Homes…| CandysDirt.com
Today we launch The Sweetest Homes in Dallas-Fort Worth, which is your opportunity to nominate some of the most incredible listings in our region. Stay tuned for the rest of this week as we satiate our sweet tooth on some truly incredible real estate! If you haven’t familiarized yourself with the work of Charles Dilbeck,…| CandysDirt.com
Ryan Streiff Joins Elite Global Group Redefining the Luxury Real Estate Experience| CandysDirt.com
Sources tell me that the California-based mega high end appliance and “try before you buy” plumbing showroom Pirch at NorthPark Center will be shutting its doors at the end of this month. Due to a massive corporate re-structuring, all six Pirch locations outside of California will close. The four California locations will remain open for…| CandysDirt.com
If you have a spare hour tonight, head over to the UTA Fort Worth Center at 7 p.m. for a free talk by historian Quentin McGown on how Frank Lloyd Wright has influenced North Texas architecture. McGown, who has written books about the built history of Fort Worth, will examine the Wrightian hallmarks you can…| CandysDirt.com
You’ll Find no End to Charm and Delight at 1623 Oak Knoll Street| CandysDirt.com
Dallas City Manager Kim Tolbert recently released an after-action report on the "Lemon on Stemmons" fiasco, blaming former officials.| CandysDirt.com
The nonprofit organization moved out of a city-owned building downtown last fall and months later had its name dragged through the mud when Dallas officials discovered the property at 711 S. St. Paul had been vandalized and inhabited by squatters.| CandysDirt.com
Panoramic Views From a Corner Unit in Phillip Murrell’s Favorite Downtown Highrise| CandysDirt.com
With walking access to some of the best of Dallas' cultural, culinary, and night life, One Arts Plaza is easily the height of downtown highrise living.| CandysDirt.com
The clock is ticking for anyone who wants to own a piece of Fort Worth history. The Reilly-LeHane House is a historic find tucked into Fort Worth’s Samuels Avenue neighborhood. The house, built in 1889 on Samuels Avenue, is one of Fort Worth’s oldest surviving houses, and it’s in need of rescue quickly. After standing…| CandysDirt.com
Sign on the dotted line if a rental sports its own custom, glow-in-the-dark silver bird sculpture built right into the architecture.| CandysDirt.com
Wowsers! Someone call Carol Brady and let her know that her home made a break for Michigan and is now strung out in a bad way.| CandysDirt.com
A couple of livability rankings make it clear that Dallas is not one of the best cities in the U.S. for renters or first-time homebuyers.| CandysDirt.com
An architecturally significant Italian Renaissance villa on Lakeside Drive designed by Anton Korn can now be yours.| CandysDirt.com
Plans for the $3 billion reconstruction of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas are moving forward, with a project manager set to come on board next month.| CandysDirt.com
A commercial real estate market report is putting a spotlight on the DFW for its strong demographics and diversified economy.| CandysDirt.com
On this episode of Dallas Dirt, the conversation revolves office conversions in commercial real estate. It’s no secret that office buildings across the country are sitting half-vacant, but this trio of an architect, a commercial real estate broker, and a land use consultant says adaptive reuse is the answer. Join Dallas Dirt host Candy Evans…| CandysDirt.com
It’s been a month and a day since it was announced that Ray Washburne’s Charter DMN Holdings had purchased the former Dallas Morning News headquarters on Young Street.| CandysDirt.com
Midcentury Inspired Split-Level Near Northhaven Trail Is a Real Looker| CandysDirt.com
Drive Up, Dive In, Hang Out — This Preston Forest House Was Built for Company| CandysDirt.com
The City Council will vote on the Lakewood Conservation District Expansion on February 26th. These are a few examples of what could be lost.| CandysDirt.com
Every week there’s a new horror story of someone saying they were lured by a promising home sale, but the seller wasn’t available for a phone call or to meet on-site.| CandysDirt.com
Bachman Lake Park is in a renaissance phase and shows no signs of slowing down thanks to the Friends of Bachman Lake.| CandysDirt.com
Easton Place is a hidden gem which is no doubt why it's cool 1970s and '80s architecture has remained intact.| CandysDirt.com
April Towery: We were thrilled to find architect Stephen Chambers, the man who designed a stunning home in the late 1970s for Candy Montgomery, who infamously was acquitted of killing her friend Betty Gore with an ax. An excerpt from the true crime tome on the case reads, “They got the land for $10,000. The…| CandysDirt.com
The Bulls Eye of North Texas… Has Moved North This home at 5805 Red Wolf Lane in Plano and the land have quite the story. It proves that the bull’s eye of luxury in Dallas-Fort Worth has moved north. It is a stunning, stunning property tucked away in one of the best-kept secret neighborhoods in…| CandysDirt.com
Residents in District 11 are taking legal action against Dallas officials over their rezoning approval for the Pepper Square project.| CandysDirt.com
The Dallas City Council approved an amended rezoning proposal that green lights Pepper Square for mixed-use redevelopment.| CandysDirt.com
Texas lawmakers have filed a number of bills to grapple with the Lone Star State's housing affordability crisis.| CandysDirt.com
‘Retail Follows Rooftops’ as D-FW Sees a Healthy Surge in Construction and Demand| CandysDirt.com
April Towery studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 20 years. She’s covered everything from city council meetings to Death Row executions. Her favorite things to write are feature stories and humorous columns. She loves to make people laugh. She won first place in humorous column writing, second place in news writing and third place in serious column writing at the 2019 South Texas Press Association Awards and picked up fir...| CandysDirt.com
Luka Dončić knows a sweet deal when he sees it. That’s why he snatched up a drop-dead gorgeous home we voted a CandysDirt.com Sweetest Home of 2020. Dončić’s the hottest thing in the NBA and the youngest player in all of NBA history to score three triple-doubles. Voted the 2018-19 NBA Rookie of the Year,…| CandysDirt.com
Timeless Dallas modernist was updated and expanded without compromising architectural integrity, making it a classic, easy-living home.| CandysDirt.com
Dallas City Council approved the purchase of the old Dallas Morning News building, saving it from becoming a data center.| CandysDirt.com
Investor Ray Washburne may soon sell the former headquarters of The Dallas Morning News to a data center company.| CandysDirt.com
One Dallas developer is betting on a reversal of the remote work trend that has left a lot of office space sitting idle.| CandysDirt.com
When Ray Washburne purchased the iconic Dallas Morning News building at 508 Young Street just across from Union Station earlier this year, many wondered what would be the fate of the building. Well, wonder no more.| CandysDirt.com
Updated plans for the redevelopment of Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center suggest Dallas officials need developer Ray Washburne's buy-in.| CandysDirt.com
Rowlett, Plano, Irving, Carrollton, and Farmers Branch recently approved resolutions saying they want to reduce the amount of sales tax they’re paying to Dallas Area Rapid Transit.| CandysDirt.com
The Dallas City Plan Commission got to work fleshing out a parking reform proposal while other officials passed a resolution supporting DART.| CandysDirt.com