Candy Evans

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

House Passes Temporary Repeal of SALT Cap on Deducting Property Taxes

By Candy Evans / December 21, 2019 /

It’s no secret that the SALT tax, that $10,000 cap on state and local deductions on your federal tax return, hurt high-end real estate. Agent upon agent have told me that owners of homes valued at more than $1 million took a look at their tax returns this year and said, what happened? What happened…

Carol Reed, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / December 20, 2019 /

“Carol Reed was a woman who took every hand she was dealt, and played it well. She was bigger than life, had political skills second to none, a loyal friend, and deeply loved Dallas.” This came from her dear friend Chris Heinbaugh, vice president of external affairs at AT&T Performing Arts Center, a former reporter…

Preston Royal Village Proactively Encourages Post-Tornado Shopping

By Candy Evans / December 19, 2019 /

Shopping this holiday season in Preston Hollow, at the venerable intersection of Preston Road and Royal Lane, has been quite different this year. The entire southeast and southwest quadrants were flattened by the October 20 EF-3 tornado that hopscotched across this northern stretch of the city. The northwest and northeast quadrants were affected, too, but the…

Fantastic Deal: Preservation-Bordering Ranch North of Dallas Going to the Auction Block

By Candy Evans / December 16, 2019 /

When our children were small, we lived next door to the best neighbors you could ever wish for. Our kids were almost identical in age, and they often took all of us to Farmersville to visit their grandparents, which was a huge treat because both sets of our children’s grandparents lived far away, in other…

First-Ever David Griffin and Co. Gingerbread House Contest: You Be The Judge

By Candy Evans / December 15, 2019 /

He is one of the most innovative independent brokers in town. Last month, David Griffin, founder of the David Griffin & Company real estate firm, asked me to help judge his company’s first-ever Gingerbread House Contest. “We will hold the event at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture on Routh Street, where there is…