Candy Evans

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

Neiman Marcus, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Frontgate, and Plano Drones: Is The Retail Apocalypse Hitting North Texas?

By Candy Evans / September 2, 2023 /

I’ve sworn I’d do this for a long time, so here goes: a quick weekly Candy-Wrap on issues affecting real estate life for our readers. We’ll take a look at pressing issues, big business deals, and maybe even a little bit of rumor and gossip in the real estate industry! Let me know how you…

Is Health The Hottest New Amenity? HALL Arts Residences Has it at Every Turn

By Candy Evans / August 11, 2023 /

There are luxuries — and then there is luxury. In the former category? Spa-like baths. Boutique-style closets. European appliances that sauté, simmer, and chill. In the latter? Health, wellness, thoughtfulness, and ease — things that really matter, every day. We know of a place with all of it: HALL Arts Residences — the 28-story, 48-home luxury residential high-rise…

Challenge Accepted: This North Texas Luxury Brokerage Has Just Redefined The Agent-Broker Relationship

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2023 /

There is something about one North Texas luxury brokerage that defies description. It has a quality of, well, quality that permeates everything it does — an excellence that sets it apart.  We’re talking about Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, the local brokerage founded here in Dallas — the Park Cities, to be precise — in 1960. From its…

Farewell to The Chief: RIP David Kunkle

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2023 /

Former Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle, a pillar of leadership for the Dallas Police Department from 2004 to 2010, the man who upgraded the culture and spirit of the department bringing it into the modern era of policing, died peacefully on Friday morning, July 14. The former chief was married to Dallas real estate lobbyist…

Answering Your Questions About The Biggest Property Tax Break in Texas History

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2023 /

April brought us the news that the Texas House and Senate had finally come to terms and passed the promised property tax relief we have been hearing so much about. I was thrilled, of course, though the state did not go as far as I think it should have. Still, on the surface, this legislation…