Candy Evans

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

Will the Death of a US Journalist in Saudi Arabia Crunch Cash Flow to Two VC-Backed Dallas RE Firms?

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2018 /

Money is a funny thing. You never know where it has been and whose hands have touched it. This week the SoftBank Vision Fund, $93 billion strong and investing heavily in local real estate start-ups Compass and OpenDoor,  has come under the microscope because Saudi Arabia is a major investor in the fund. And the…

Becky Frey and Team Join Compass

By Candy Evans / October 17, 2018 /

Last week, Becky Frey, a 17-year veteran at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s who once told me she learned the real estate craft from Ellen Terry herself, joined Compass. “It was a really big, hard decision,” says Becky. “I watched Compass evolve over the year, and it was just a good match for our team. The Sotheby’s…

How the “Elephant House” on Mockingbird Lane Helped a Nine Year Old Little Girl Feel So Much Better

By Candy Evans / October 17, 2018 /

You never, ever know who is going to see the front of your house, how they will experience it. For the most part, we treat the front of our homes, the famous “drive-up appeal”, with incredible care, especially if the home is being marketed for sale. Some homeowners always take pride in their home’s outside…

Sold! Selena Gomez’s Stunning Fort Worth Estate in Montserrat

By Candy Evans / October 12, 2018 /

4649 Saint Laurent Court in beautiful Montserrat, a luxury Fort Worth neighborhood, sold and closed today. It had been the estate of 26 year old pop star singer Selena Marie Gomez, who bought the 10,016 square foot home in November of 2015. This home is where the Grand Prairie native has been quietly spending time here…

David Fair, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / October 12, 2018 /

He was the father of Texas Real Estate. Everyone knew and loved David Lewis Fair, 77, who passed away Oct. 11, 2018, after a five-year battle with Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease. David was born in Dallas on August 15, 1941, to parents William Wren Fair, Jr. and Doris Elizabeth McCommas Fair. He attended…