Candy Evans

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

Quail Hollow: Westlake’s Newest Luxe Residential Community Features Trees, Lakes, Longhorn and… Quail?

By Candy Evans / October 13, 2016 /

  Part I: “Each home in Quail Hollow will be its OWN country club.” We’ve told you how Westlake is now considered the most exclusive and expensive suburb of Dallas. With a median home price of $2 million, Westlake has become one of the most sought after DFW neighborhoods to live or to build a wonderful…

Jed Kolko: Urban Cores Increasingly Young, Rich, Childless, and White

By Candy Evans / October 13, 2016 /

When it comes to real estate trends, no one knows them better than Jed Kolko. I say that not because I have been to dinner with him, and met him at Inman & NAREE several times while he was Chief Economist and VP of Analytics at Trulia, the online real estate site that merged with Zillow,…

Ditch the Trek to Storage: Callbox Delivers Mini Storage Stuff Right to Your Door!

By Candy Evans / October 11, 2016 /

It is almost that time of the year, when we have to find a handyman (anyone with strong arms and a truck) who can help us pick up holiday decorations from storage, lug them home, and get them put up beautifully all in the joyful spirit of the holidays. Bah Humbug! What if you could…

Our Next CandysDirt Staff Meeting Will Showcase Some Celebrity Real Estate!

By Candy Evans / October 7, 2016 /

Because Love Don’t Run We have written about the homes of country singer Steve Holy before, both his previous house (which he tells me he essentially built with his hands plus help from a contractor friend) and his current home that is on the market with Lee Lamont, the Lord of Lakewood real estate. Well, guess what?…

Tony Ruggeri and Jake Wagner of RPG Awarded by Local Magazine as Best in Biz

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2016 /

How can guys this young have so many homes, so much dirt? We were just thrilled to see that our favorite young single fam developer CEO’s, Tony Ruggeri and Jake Wagner at Republic Property Group (RPG) — aka 1,070-acre Light Farms in Celina, 957-acre Phillips Creek Ranch in Frisco, a 12-acre custom home development within…