Candy Evans

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

Watch Out, Next Housing Boom Nevada, Not Texas

By Candy Evans / January 3, 2017 /

I am writing this without my glasses because I am so eager to get it up. Last summer, we visited Reno, Nevada and I jut fell in love. A mere two hour direct flight from DFW, we landed at a small airport with caring employees, no rigamarole,  and we were at our home and drinking…

The Most Searched Zip Codes of 2016 Were in the Dallas AREA

By Candy Evans / January 3, 2017 /

So we know what the experts say —  expect 2017 to be a more “normal” real estate market in North Texas and across the nation, with continued softness at the luxury level. Recall it was just in September that Starlight Capital chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht said you couldn’t give away homes in the rich…

Best of: Andy Beal Closed on the Hicks Residence in 2016 — The Most Expensive Real Estate Transaction in Dallas Real Estate History

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2016 /

In fifteen more days Andy Beal will have owned the Hicks Crespi Estate, aka Walnut Place, for a whole year. My how time flies. This was the biggest real estate transaction in Dallas last year, and in the state until the sale of the Waggoner Ranch in Vernon, Texas. Of course, Waggoner is practically its…

Best Of: Disney Streets Midcentury Will Have You Singing Sinatra, Polishing Martini Glasses

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2016 /

This was one of our most popular posts in 2016, and you can clearly see why. From round beds to the turquoise bathroom to the pristine pink Caddie in the driveway, oh yes and the Kip’s Big Boy by the pool, this home was listed for $665,000 and has been reduced now to $630,000. The…

Dallas & Area Real Estate in 2017? Boring old Normal.

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2016 /

2017 will most likely be a different year for North Texas real estate. We have had a long run of a bull market. Near-record years of construction, infill, sales and increasing values have kept North Texas real estate agents head’s spinning with contracts and, frankly, the good life. To be clear, it was and, in…