Candy Evans

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

Like We’ve Said: North Texas Home Sales Cooled It in July

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2016 /

This was a report I have been predicting because it was what I have been hearing ever since July 15. Our market is cooling. It’s cooling because low interest rates have driven up prices to a point where folks are now saying, “I’m not going to pay that!” North Texas home sales were off by…

10 Acre Southlake Estate With Pizza Kitchen Reminds Me of Crystal’s Pizza and Spaghetti

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2016 /

  Oh how they live in Southlake! The estates are bigger, the homes heftier, and everyone, it seems, has a zip line and a swimming pool environment in their back yard. We scoped out 1900 Shady Oaks Drive listed by Ebby Halliday’s Quinn & Marcontell Group to give us a look at how large folks are…

Crime & Real Estate: Do DPD Rookies Need a Salary Raise STAT?

By Candy Evans / August 5, 2016 /

City Councilman Lee Kleinman says, ask the taxpayers. On Wednesday, hundreds of Dallas police officers and firefighters  filled Dallas City Hall wearing white T-shirts that said, “PAY DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE.” The point was to show how serious, and united, Dallas police are when it comes to officer pay in the next city budget. The…

JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers: The Bachelorette and Her Betrothed Are Buying in the M Streets

By Candy Evans / August 4, 2016 /

Update 8/05/2016: We have taken down the exterior photo of this home and street name for security purposes. And the couple is leasing, not buying, but we applaud their very good taste in this house! I am NOT going to give you the address, but let’s just say that the Bachelorette Jojo Fletcher and her fiance, Jordan…

This Highland Park Lot is $1,450,000 for One Quarter of an Acre

By Candy Evans / August 4, 2016 /

Really, this is one to watch. Let’s make it our bellwether. I’m not going to argue that it is not a perfect location, the area I would want for my very next dream house: a Highland Park lot that backs to the Katy Trail, walking distance to Knox Henderson restaurants, shopping and fun. That Knox…