Candy Evans

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

Ebby Halliday Realtors Brings Local Expertise to Homebuyers in McKinney

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2017 /

About 35 miles north of downtown Dallas, there’s a picturesque city that’s been attracting residents for its small-town feel and strong sense of community since the 1800s.  But McKinney is hardly a small town anymore. With a population of more than 168,000, it is one of the fastest-growing cities in America. But it has never…

Breaking: Nathan Grace Partners Up With CENTURY 21 Judge Fite

By Candy Evans / September 26, 2017 /

Word on the street last week was that Berkshire Hathaway had gone shopping in Dallas once again, this time snapping up the boutique Nathan Grace Real Estate. But no, it wasn’t Berkshire H.  It was CENTURY 21 Judge Fite Company, with Jim Fite as president, who answers their phone as “the official real estate company…

Find Dallas’ Most Gracious Living with these Three Strait Lane Estates

By Candy Evans / September 26, 2017 /

Strait Lane is one of the most fabulous and famous streets in Dallas. It’s home to a veritable Who’s Who of residents, from Margot and Ross Perot to Jessica and Dirk Nowitzki. They live in some of the city’s most impressive and esteemed estates. Buy a home on Strait Lane and not only have you arrived, you’ve probably…

Catherine Chastain, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / September 23, 2017 /

This week marks a significant passing for the Dallas real estate community with the loss of Catherine Chastain, a brilliant mind in the real estate marketing realm, who helped many an agent sell a property with her innate skills and creativity. Catherine passed earlier this week after battling a long illness. She was adored and…

Exclusive: Late Architect Frank Welch’s Northern Hills Home to Hit Market

By Candy Evans / September 22, 2017 /

It’s funny how my life in Dallas has always had a connection to Northern Hills. Years ago, when we were in our thirties, friends owned a brick bungalow on Cragmont. Then my son became friends with the son of a friend who I had known in college, and she and her husband lived on Cragmont.…