Candy Evans

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

Is It Time to Worry About a Mouse in Your House?

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2016 /

  It dipped below 60 degrees last night, and we all know what cooler weather means! Mice! Mice are amazingly successful and adaptable creatures, and can be found on nearly every continent and region on earth. They can thrive in nearly any geographical terrain, including grasslands, forests, mountains, deserts and urban areas—including a recent uptick in mice…

There’s a Real Estate Guy Going to the White House. (Time for a Second Home?)

By Candy Evans / November 9, 2016 /

We know markets do not like uncertainty. Hence the dip last night in equities as the votes trickled in, as the world learned that Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman who made his fortune by investing in real estate, is the 45th president of the United States. What does this mean for North Texas real estate?…

104 Year Old Bianchi House in Peak’s Addition Gets Landmark Commission Approval

By Candy Evans / November 8, 2016 /

The Bianchi house at the corner of Carroll and Reiger in East Dallas is safe, at least for the moment. The 104-year-old Otto Lang & Frank Witchell (Lang & Witchell) “House of the Future” displayed at the Texas Centennial Exposition made it through the Dallas Landmark Hearing Monday afternoon. Whew! Hopefully, the move was step…

Hollywood Street Artist Has a Little Real Estate Fun With Presidential Election

By Candy Evans / November 7, 2016 /

Only in LA would someone create art out of the presidential election AND mix it in with real estate. These images are popping up all over bus-stop benches in Pacific Palisades, Brentwood and Beverly Hills, and sprinkled in the yards of various homes for sale. The artist, an ultra conservative (I guess) named Sabo, is…

Could the Dallas Real Estate Market Survive a 130 Percent Property Tax Increase?

By Candy Evans / November 7, 2016 /

As if the doom and gloom from the almost-over election isn’t bad enough, the city of Dallas has an economic crisis brewing that will most likely mean higher property taxes in the future. How would that affect our local real estate market? I was speaking to a prominent agent last week about the sticker shock…