Candy Evans

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

GoOption Pay: Let’s Bring the Option Fee Into the 21st Century

By Candy Evans / September 5, 2018 /

Really, buying a house today has never been easier. I mean, we are not letting Alexa do our work just yet… but so much of the buying process has become digitalized, thanks to technology and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000.   Legitimizing electronic business transactions opened the door to companies like…

Mesero Opening New Location at Preston Hollow Village

By Candy Evans / September 4, 2018 /

Preston Hollow Village, the thriving young mixed-use development at 75/Central Expressway and Walnut Hill Lane in North Dallas is adding another restaurant to its fabulous food line-up: Mesero.  A Dallas favorite for upscale Mexican fare, Mesero will open its newest restaurant at 7859 Walnut Hill Lane in first quarter 2019. Mesero joins Matchbox, Blue Sushi…

Tomorrow this University Park Celebrity Estate Will Be Going, Going, Gone…Without Reserve!

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2018 /

It is not too late to bid on this house! EMAIL: [email protected] or PHONE: (214) 326-1875! You have heard us go on and on about former Texas Ranger Michael Young’s fantastic home at 3508 Bryn Mawr Drive in University Park. We had an open house event there a Saturday or two ago, and you couldn’t pull me…

Get a Truly Custom Luxury Homebuilding Experience with Bella Custom Homes

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2018 /

Not all luxury homebuilding companies are truly custom and even fewer will hold your hand and make the experience seamless, from first consultation meeting to the day you get your keys.  One of the reasons I love Bella Custom Homes is that their design and build process is completely custom. It is created to give homeowners…

Are Home Values in North Texas Decelerating? Signs Point to — Maybe. Depends.

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2018 /

What goes up has to come down, at some point, right? It’s like that with home values. Except home values in Dallas have never shot skyward as much as they have in coastal cities and international hubs like Miami and New York City. Our home prices creep up by 5 to 7 percent a year.…