Candy Evans

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

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Agent Robin McMonigle is Sure Getting a Lot of Ink!

By Candy Evans / May 19, 2016 /

When you are as naturally gorgeous as Robin, of course the press adores you. And she would have been a snazzy cast member with the other gals on Real Housewives of Dallas. Robin is stunningly beautiful, blonde, tall and thin. She’d totally give Cary Deuber something to fret about. I can see the script now:…

Cat Litter? Brick Walls? What Is This Agent Thinking?

By Candy Evans / May 19, 2016 /

Okay, here we go again: photos from the Real Estate Crypt. Here is another moderately priced home, $325,00. And here is not just another amateur photography job BUT! we have glowing cameos of the cat litter box that shouts THIS HOUSE WILL PROBABLY SMELL OF CAT PEE! We have a close up of the mail…

Preston Center Changes: Townhomes on Townhouse Row Are Going, Going, Gone

By Candy Evans / May 18, 2016 /

  The 35 year old apartments at the corner of Preston and Northwest Highway are gone. Late last week, the entire south block of Town House Row was gone. By the time I venture south today, the entire north side may be gone as well. Every time I drive by this portion of Preston Center…

Orchard Flower: Luxury Dreams Custom Made for the New Empty Nester By Grenadier Homes

By Candy Evans / May 15, 2016 /

Empty nesters today have a far, far different housing story than their parents’ tale. Right-sizing options are all over the map: get a smaller home, get a bigger home, sell the family homestead, keep your city place as efficient as possible. Empty nesters are building a huge custom home next door to me. And I…

Go East Young Millennial: The “Property Brothers” Are Changing Knox Henderson East One Flat at a Time

By Candy Evans / May 12, 2016 /

When Dallas Millennials are looking for their next move AFTER life in Uptown, usually their first post-college pad, they are increasingly looking toward the thriving corridor of Knox-Henderson east of North Central Expressway. The Cancun lifestyle is great, but gets old come 25. And there is activewear everywhere now on East Henderson. This stretch of…