Candy Evans

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

“I Knew I Couldn’t Be Number One at Reading, but I Could Be Number One at Everything Else”: Allie Beth Allman

By Candy Evans / October 20, 2016 /

The most amazing story ran on WFAA-TV Wednesday night by Shelly Slater on our treasured Allie Beth Allman and her personal secret: Allie Beth has battled dyslexia all her life. But it sure hasn’t stopped her. She is an icon in Dallas Real Estate, buying and selling homes to top movers and shakers including the…

Christy Berry Chairs Prelude Lights at AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Inaugural “Prelude” to Aurora

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2016 /

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Christy Berry will be one busy agent tomorrow night. Christy is the chair of the first private fundraiser event for Prelude Lights, which takes place Thursday evening at the AT&T Performance Art Center. Prelude is a “prelude” to Aurora, a multi-night, city-wide arts event designed to promote public media art. Thursday’s VIP…

Sir Richard Branson Rides Into Dallas Real Estate on a White Stallion

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2016 /

The Dallas real estate community was out in force to greet Sir Richard Branson Monday evening in the sizzling Dallas Design District, and Sir Richard lived up to his reputation of an innovator who would never consider doing anything ordinary. Branson rode into the parking lot, future site of the state’s first Virgin Hotel at…

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,…