Candy Evans

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

Get Cozy in these Ebby Halliday-listed Houses with Fabulous Fireplaces

By Candy Evans / December 20, 2017 /

Warm and sunny one day, cold and blustery the next — it’s December in Texas, all right. But even with crazy weather, one thing stays the same: we all want to be cozy and get in the spirit of the season.  I’ve found four houses listed by Ebby Halliday Realtors, each of which has multiple…

Museum Tower is Now 80% Sold Out. Boom.

By Candy Evans / December 13, 2017 /

Museum Tower has hit a crucially important sales milestone: 80% sold. Which means 100% is in the very near future. In high rises, sales multiply more rapidly with every signed contract. And for Museum Tower, one of the contracts that put them in the 80 percent club came from another prominent Dallas family moving out…

Curbed Does Dallas… Note Who They Quote

By Candy Evans / December 12, 2017 /

A few weeks ago this nice fellow from Curbed.com, Patrick Sisson, contacted me to talk Dallas real estate and the biggest changes in the city from my perspective. We could have spoken for hours. It was hard to pick a single favorite or “best” dense new urban area, though I gushed on about Bishop Arts,…

Scott & Cooner Warehouse Sale Just in Time for Holiday House Spruce

By Candy Evans / December 12, 2017 /

Those purveyors of the best contemporary furnishings in town, Scott & Cooner, have a great present for all of us: a holiday SALE just in time to outfit the house for the holidays. It’s at the warehouse location, 2150 Irving Blvd. 10 am to 4 pm until Friday. We told you all about it last week…

Liens and Titles and Deeds, These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things

By Candy Evans / December 8, 2017 /

CandysDirt.com presents a new feature on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the title business (and then some): deeds, the closing process, and the title company business. Why, when you buy a home in Texas, do you have to close at a title company? Can you close elsewhere? Can you shop around for title…