Candy Evans

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

Get in Early on Northwest Dallas Neighborhood with this Stunning New Build

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2017 /

Back in the early 2000s, the M Streets were an up-and-coming part of Dallas. You could build a house and get in on the ground floor of what is now one of the hottest areas of the city.  One of the new “it” neighborhoods is in Northwest Dallas near Walnut Hill and Midway, Midway Hollow.…

Ebby Halliday Increases Expertise and Local Presence in Prosper and Celina

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2017 /

North of Frisco are two fast-growing DFW cities that retain their small-town appeal.  Prosper and Celina are upscale suburbs in Collin and Denton counties with populations of about 20,160 and 8,000, respectively. They’re growing so rapidly, it’s hard to keep up! And what’s not to love? Excellent schools, supportive business climate, community minded residents, and convenient location…

What Opendoor Had to Say to the Nation’s Top Real Estate Appraisers in Frisco

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2017 /

  Take-away: Opendoor is a tech company with artificial intelligence hard at work behind the scenes, so they are learning in real time from every bit of data input, every listing, every sale A presentation by Dallas Opendoor was one of the most anticipated presentations at last weeks’ annual RAC (Relocation Appraisers & Consultants) industry conference at…

This State Thomas Charmer is as Loaded as a Park Cities Manse

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2017 /

I’m about to give you the dirt on this State Thomas treasure. You’ll be waiting to hear how it was built around the turn of the century, updated in the mid fifties and then eighties, right? The State Thomas neighborhood contains the largest collection of Victorian-era homes remaining in Dallas. Known as Freedman’s Town, it was created…

Breaking: Gaynelle Henger Leaves Coldwell Banker to Join the Collective

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2017 /

The luxury real estate brokerage business in Dallas just got even more competitive. Last week, super-producing agent Gaynelle Henger, who had been powering the newly branded Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Preston Center office of 12 high-performing agents, turned in her resignation. Shocked, we all wondered where she would go next. Yesterday, we found out: Gaynelle…