Candy Evans

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

Two Exceptional Properties Exemplify Luxury Living in North Texas Real Estate

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2016 /

We see hundreds of residential properties each week coming on and off the DFW real estate market. Two new listings caught our eye because they exemplify the high standards in the luxury market and show just what is possible when it comes to finding the perfect home. These are exceptional homes, designed for comfortable, stylish…

75 Degrees & Dry: Coolest New Home Community in Jackson WY Premiers in Dallas

By Candy Evans / July 15, 2016 /

If you have thumbed through your latest Grand Vie Magazine, you have seen what I wrote about the Snake River Sporting Club, Jackson Hole’s newest and quite frankly most fabulous new home community, be it first, second, third or whatever. I had the pleasure of jetting up there in early May — it snowed!! Located…

Jim Schutze: “North Oak Cliff — Brooklyn But Your Parents Don’t Have to Support You”

By Candy Evans / July 15, 2016 /

Crusty Jim Schutze of The Dallas Observer wrapped a very long, very sad week in Dallas history with some stuff to be actually positive about. He didn’t come out and say it, but it’s really our real estate market: Burdened as we are by a peculiar past, even hobbled by a certain disconnection from national…

Greenbrier Now Open Again to Guests, After Jim Justice Shut Down Hotel for Flood Victims

By Candy Evans / July 13, 2016 /

Sometimes Mother Nature is a beast! The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, just re-opened July 13 after shuttering two weeks ago so the resort’s owner, Jim Justice, could provide housing and food to hundreds of local families who lost their homes to recent catastrophic flooding. The hotel also suffered extensive damage to the tennis…

Reflecting on the Dallas Police Ambush While Outside of Dallas

By Candy Evans / July 12, 2016 /

I left Dallas last Thursday morning, a beautiful, hot, sunny day, to land in Reno, Nevada for a long weekend of R&R with my family. My son lives in Silicon Valley and Lake Tahoe is about a four-hour drive for them. We arrived before noon, the western fam arrived at about 5 due to a…