Candy Evans

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

Dax Pass, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2016 /

It is with a heavy, grieving spirit we report that Dallas has lost one of our brightest real estate talents. Dax Howard Pass, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty Ranch and Land broker extraordinaire, husband of Caroline Summers, and father of three, passed today peacefully following complications from a heart attack suffered over the weekend. He…

JP and Associates Realtors Opens Ten North Texas Offices In Four Years, Sees Unprecedented Growth

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2016 /

If you haven’t heard of this brokerage yet, you will soon: JP and Associates Realtors is the fastest growing brokerage in DFW out of all the top brokerages. They are on track to close a billion dollars of real estate in 2016, and they show no signs of slowing down (they’ve been using the hashtag #1B16…

City Hall Fair Park Council Briefing: Rawlings Wants His Legacy, Was the Bidding Process Legal?

By Candy Evans / August 30, 2016 /

That’s why he is pushing this plan so hard, even if it costs taxpayers $7 to $9 million a year. Even if it doesn’t include a park. Even if it is just a camo jobs program that will be shifted to a private foundation where more shenanigans with taxpayer money can be hidden. Even if…

Ask CandysDirt: Shall We Put Our Home on the Market BEFORE or AFTER the November Elections?

By Candy Evans / August 30, 2016 /

Candy: We have a lovely home to sell in a hot area — Park Cities — “blue chip” as you call it, but is now a good time to sell or shall we wait until after the election?” If that isn’t the million dollar question, and the reason why we may be seeing a slight…

Behind that Press Release From Preservation Dallas on the Fair Park Briefing

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2016 /

Preservation Dallas sent out a press release tonight that references our Thursday evening panel discussion, the one that “forces” tried to deter. The press release is an inaccurate misrepresentation of that panel discussion. (Press release posted in entirety, see below.) Thankfully, we video-taped and live streamed the whole event, so readers can see and hear…