Candy Evans

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

It’s Hotter Than Hell in Texas, but Would You Trade Cool Summers for THIS?

By Candy Evans / July 21, 2018 /

This home — it’s a burned out shell of a home, to be truthful — is located in California’s Silicon Valley, tech and overnight billionaire mecca of the world, where the housing market is notoriously unaffordable. If you do not earn at least $333,000 a year  ($176,000 if you buy a condo), you likely cannot…

Peace, Post Oaks & Serenity at a Remodeled Farmhouse in Royse City & No City Taxes!

By Candy Evans / July 20, 2018 /

Open July 21st from 2:00-4:00 PM!!  Bring boots to explore the woods,  and fishing poles if you wish! Cool it, Waco. We’ve got a new Texas hot spot. Y’all just wait ’till Chip and Joanna hit Royse City. Royse City is near Dallas, and quickly becoming the hottest new Texas community to find your pastoral dream…

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Childhood Home in Oak Cliff Already Under Contract

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2018 /

Oak Cliff has been the native home to so many famous and talented people, including Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, but I had no idea it was also where blues great Stevie Ray Vaughan grew up. About a week ago, I was looking at the homes owned by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez, and I…

A Bishop Arts Midcentury Modern — Meticulous and Marvelous

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2018 /

It is no secret that midcentury modern homes fetch more eyeballs, interest and buyers these days. Discriminating lovers of well-maintained and lovingly updated midcentury moderns are familiar with the name William E. Benson — his name became synonymous with significant Dallas architecture in the fifties and sixties. Truthfully, owning a home with a William  E.…

Mainstream Media ‘Discovers’ Disruption in Real Estate Sales

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2018 /

I’m sure you caught the Dallas Morning News‘ recent declaration that the start-up discount brokerage Door, while on a tear, is not yet really fully disrupting the buying and selling of real estate. At least not here, not yet. I’m off to Inman in San Francisco, so let’s talk next week. But it’s interesting that the…