Candy Evans

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

Exclusive: Dave Perry-Miller’s Team is Now an Official Realtor Partner to the Dallas Stars

By Candy Evans / July 1, 2024 /

Best Sports Business City in the U.S. + Mike Baldwin = New Sports Division at Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate They have been doing it for quite some time now: selling juicy Dallas real estate to Dallas sports figures, including homes of Dallas Stars players. There was 6730 Desco Drive, Ryan Suter’s family house, and there…

This Forney Home Is Loaded Like a Dallas Diva, But a Fraction of the Cost

By Candy Evans / June 26, 2024 /

It’s no secret that buyers coming into North Texas are increasingly seeking homes in the exurbs for good reason: They get great schools and generally better value the further out they go — more spacious, more land, lower property taxes. I’m going to show you a home right now that might make any Dallas resident…

RSVP: Don’t Miss This First United Mortgage Group Event at Preston Center

By Candy Evans / June 24, 2024 /

Preston Financial Center — the striking white stairstep building you’ll see as you drive Preston and Northwest Highway — is like Dallas’ hidden bank mecca. There are a whopping 52 bank branches in this area, and growing. That’s more banks than exist in downtown Dallas (that’s 47 according to the map I sourced). Given the…

Faster, Better, Stronger: Meet the 3D-Printed Home You Have to Feel to Believe

By Candy Evans / June 23, 2024 /

Austin-based ICON builds striking concrete homes that are 3D-printed using robots. Probably unlike anything you’ve seen before, save something off of “Building Off the Grid” or “Extreme Homes.”

Ellen Terry, R.I.P

By Candy Evans / June 14, 2024 /

Dallas has lost another icon of real estate — Ellen Terry. The tiny, energy-packed powerhouse real estate agent and broker had a life story that inspired hundreds of agents as she showed them the way to sell homes and make a living. Her name was found on many a high-profile contract in the 1980s and…