Candy Evans

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

Curbed Names Dallas City Hall One of Top Ten Most Beautiful City Halls. Hmmmm

By Candy Evans / June 9, 2017 /

It has a different aesthetic than many of the nation’s older, more traditional Flemish Renaissance, Art Deco, Georgian cum French Renaissance city halls: it’s edgy contemporary. Personally, I think the exterior needs a good steam cleaning  — interiors, too! But our I.M. Pei-designed Dallas City Hall, which has been around and talked about since 1978,…

Bug Free Forever: Turning My Patio Into a Screened Porch Was a Screenfest

By Candy Evans / June 8, 2017 /

KJ Custom Screens & Designs added 360 bug-free square feet to our house. We have another whole room, with solid floors and a hose. “I think this is the smartest thing you have ever done,” he said to me. This from my husband of 37 years. I have had two babies, raised them, helped him…

Don’t Wait for the Rebound: Grab Rick Carlisle’s Stoneleigh Residence Casa While It’s Hot

By Candy Evans / June 7, 2017 /

I swear, every time I walk into a unit at the Stoneleigh Residences, I think I have seen the most beautiful condo in Dallas. It just gets better every time. But this time, I actually may have seen the best home here ever, and it belongs to a very tall sports legend. Dallas Mavericks head…

Hey CBS 11: As Reported on CandysDirt.com FIRST, Conservatives Urged to Buy Homes in Texas

By Candy Evans / June 7, 2017 /

There is fake news, and then there is news that major news orgs just plain steal from you without a lick of link love.   Remember when we reported on the McKinney-based website Conservativemove.com drawing buyers to North Texas because of conservative values? This is the group that is picking out states where conservatives can move…

This Wall of Stickers is the Most Valued Part of this Philly Property

By Candy Evans / June 5, 2017 /

When I was in high school, my boyfriend and I decorated the newspaper office by hand — he was editor in chief, I was executive editor. We papered the walls with his impressive collection of famous newspaper pages. The office was not huge, but we covered every wall and shellac’d over it all. This was…