Candy Evans

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

The Retail Apocalypse Is Real in NYC: Is it Headed for Texas?

By Candy Evans / May 16, 2019 /

We were in Manhattan for Mother’s Day weekend, and I had the chance to walk both Madison and Fifth Avenues to about 80th Street, then back to our hotel window shopping with an occasional duck inside to shop. NYC was bustling as ever, Broadway was thriving, and Times Square was wall-to-wall.  But the retail! So…

On the Rocks: RE/MAX Splits From Short-Lived Partnership With Redfin

By Candy Evans / May 15, 2019 /

It was a quick divorce from a two-month romance. And to be honest, sort of a head-scratcher. In mid-March, RE/MAX, the 40-year-old, Denver-based national real estate franchise broker announced a unique partnership with Redfin, the tech-focused brokerage that has morphed over the years, from trying to wipe out the Real Estate agent to employing them…

Kelly Rule Yount, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2019 / Comments Off on Kelly Rule Yount, R.I.P.

I met Kelly Yount about six years ago, as I do so many people, in the course of publishing this blog-turned-website. She had reached out to me and we met for lunch as two total strangers, and it was a two-hour lunch with iced tea — no wine even. I mean, we clicked. She was…

East Dallas Designer Gives Palm Springs Vibe to Affordable Buckner Terrace Home

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2019 /

Modest Buckner Terrace home gets an interior redo that takes it to a whole new design level.

Regents Park Home With Uninterrupted View Now Significantly Reduced

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2019 /

We have written about this home before because Regents Park is one of my most favorite developments in Dallas full of luxurious European townhomes. And now, my fingers keep walking over to my checkbook. I mean, I could do this. You could do this, as 3522 Gillespie has been significantly reduced from an asking price of…