Candy Evans

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

Beautifully LOADED Westlake Estate Will Make Everyone FLOCK to Texas!

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2016 /

Last week, about 7,000 real estate execs were in North Texas for the Urban Land Institute’s fall conference, a very big industry deal. Top of the talk was why so many corporations were moving to Texas. “We decided this was a great place — it’s got all the right stuff,” David Arena, head of global…

Former CBS Producer Mary Mapes puts Her Swiss Avenue Home on the Market

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2016 /

Mary Mapes is the CBS News producer who lived the life fantastic as Dan Rather’s principal producer for 60 Minutes. In 1999, their collaborative work culminated in a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for an investigative report on abuses in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. But Mapes and Rather, as you may recall, are also known…

Preservation Dallas Fall Home Tour is TODAY: Look for Some Very Special Guests

By Candy Evans / October 29, 2016 /

We’ve told you all about it, and hope to see you there. Some of Dallas’ most significant residences are primed and ready as we get ready to honor the legacy of our beloved Ebby Halliday. And I have word that some high profile lovers of art & architecture will be at one mid century home……

Grand Vie is Out, and Lake Tahoe is Very Much IN

By Candy Evans / October 28, 2016 /

A few years ago some savvy brokers figured out that, rather than pay astronomical prices for luxury print advertising in local glossy magazines, they could take their dollars and create their own magazines. This way they could offer ads to every one of their agents at affordable, wholesale prices, create a beautiful product they had…

Can Political Signs in THIS Election Blow a Sale?

By Candy Evans / October 26, 2016 /

Call it another “sign of the times”. WFAA-TV ran a great report last week on how obsolete political yards signs have become. The reason? They are not as valuable as they once were. They are, as one political consultant put it, old school. Social media far outperforms them. What good does a yard sign on…