Candy Evans

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

Calling Empty Nesters: This Park Cities Lock & Leave is Your Easy-Peasy Windsor Castle

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2019 /

Great lock and leave castle on Windsor in Highland Park can be your dream leave-it castle!

Let’s Discuss: Are DFW Homes Overvalued?

By Candy Evans / June 14, 2019 /

Price reduced; price improved; new price; a gentler, kinder price; “priced to sell” (what home isn’t?); motivated seller, super motivated seller, uber motivated seller. How about, “Seller will give you the house!” It’s been quite a week, hasn’t it, starting with that surprise mini-tornado Sunday, and black-outs across Dallas since about 2 p.m. Sunday.  If…

Happy Ending: Forest Lane “Library” Lot on Forest Sold Last Week for $3.8M

By Candy Evans / June 13, 2019 /

On May 30, the City of Dallas made a pretty savvy auction sale of a city-owned lot, one of many across town, this one at 5639 Forest Lane which has been sitting idle for years, just east of the Dallas North Tollway. The property failed to meet a minimum bid in January when (another) church wanted to…

Dallas Builder’s Association Helps Homeowners Avoid Home Repair Fraud

By Candy Evans / June 10, 2019 /

Editor’s Note: Due to yesterday’s incredible storm, much of the CandysDirt.com staff is without power. We’re re-running a couple of stories to help consumers avoid common scams and fraud schemes that always crop up after big storms. I was thinking about this yesterday: with 500 plus homes needing repair in Rowlett, the scam artists will…

Dallas Crime Is Bad — One Cop Says It Could Get Better

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2019 /

If you’ve been on social media at all, you have probably come across one of Nick Novello’s comments or posts about the Dallas Police Department. A veteran officer, he’s kind of known for not holding his metaphorical tongue when it comes to hot takes on policing. Yeah, you’ve probably heard of Nick Novello. An officer…