Candy Evans

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

Awful Dallas Real Estate Photos: We Can Do Better for this Poor Little Townhome

By Candy Evans / April 13, 2016 /

Okay, I get it: this is not Highland Park, but still, folks, please: Is this the best this agent could do with photos even on a $55,000 unit? Well, I guess it is: she already has the place under contract. WELL SHUT MY MOUTH! “TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH ONE CAR GARAGE, LOTS OF WINDOWS THIS…

Party On With the North Texas Regional Association of Real Estate Brokers & Me (Next Thursday!)

By Candy Evans / April 13, 2016 /

This time it is REALLY happening, as they got a bigger venue so we can all talk about… HOUSE PORN… north of LBJ. I mean, who do I think I am, a Real Housewife or something? Oh boy, I think I know just what my opening line is going to be!

Dave Perry-Miller’s Kaleidoscope of Dallas Architectural Jewels: Korn, Thompson & Dilbeck…

By Candy Evans / April 11, 2016 /

There are a lot of new homes going up in Dallas, we trip over them or the cement trucks constructing them almost every day. But I prefer a home that has graciously stood the test of time. Plaster walls, beau d’arc woods, dentils, brick walkways as perfect now as they were then: these jewels are…

Plano-Based Guardian Mortgage Opens SECOND Michigan Location

By Candy Evans / April 8, 2016 /

This has been a very exciting week for Guardian Mortgage Company. The 51 year old, Plano-based mortgage firm was celebrating up north as it expanded its Michigan footprint with the grand opening of its Troy location on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. This marks Guardian Mortgage Company’s second Michigan location—with the first in Grand Blanc—and the…

Hot Trend: Get Ready for More Luxury Real Estate Auctions in Texas: Waterfront, Wine, or BOTH?

By Candy Evans / April 7, 2016 /

  UPDATE 9:00 am : I’m now told this property SOLD prior to auction. Details forthcoming! Luxury Real Estate bargain hunters, rev your engines. Before the sun sets on North Texas dirt on Saturday, April 9, two luxury homes will have been sold: a giant one in Flower Mound, one in Heath, both boasting water…