Candy Evans

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

Find Your Perfect Frisco Home with Location Experts Ebby Halliday Realtors

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2017 /

One of the fastest-growing cities in the nation, Frisco is an upscale DFW suburb with about 161,000 people, growing by over 127,000 people since 2000. Why are people flocking here? In a word: opportunity.  Frisco is known for highly rated and very desired schools, great family parks, and destination dining, retail, sports, and entertainment options.…

Exclusive: Pirch NorthPark Center to be De-Perched This Month

By Candy Evans / September 11, 2017 /

Sources tell me that the California-based mega high end appliance and “try before you buy” plumbing showroom Pirch at NorthPark Center will be shutting its doors at the end of this month. Due to a massive corporate re-structuring, all six Pirch locations outside of California will close. The four California locations will remain open for…

Great Reason to Buy a Home in North Dallas: Kids Here Have Hearts of Gold

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2017 /

Over Labor Day weekend, teens all over town (who were in town) were likely sleeping in, texting each other, or playing games on their ipads. Not the enterprising, gold-hearted teens of MY neighborhood in North Dallas (Preston/Royal north of Preston Hollow). Janey Daniels is an 8th grader at Levine Academy. She wanted so badly to…

Pierce Allman on New Committee to Slow Removal of Lee Statue, Police on High Alert as Council Debates

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2017 /

Update 12:02 am: The statue of Robert E. Lee will be moved and stored. More than 50 people signed up to speak at this morning’s City Council meeting concerning the removal of the statue, and several more (including Pierce Allman) were not able to make it to the mic. Per a motion filed by Mayor Pro…

Doug Chitwood Rejoins Ebby Halliday Realtors at the Iconic Little White House

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2017 /

A familiar name is back at Ebby Halliday Realtors as of this summer. Doug Chitwood began his real estate career with Ebby in 2010 and came back to the brokerage this July. “As a brand, when I think of Ebby, I think of integrity and knowledge — they’re also leaders in technology,” Chitwood said. “I’m impressed…