Candy Evans

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

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…

Dallas Agent Extraordinaire Todd Terry To Appear in “Broken”, Pilot Filmed in Dallas Etc. Last Week

By Candy Evans / April 7, 2016 /

Update: Just found out that Paquin was seen in a purple robe and quite blonde so good, that will make her look more like a Dallas woman! Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Real estate agent Todd Terry, son of Ellen, is also an actor, as I think we may have mentioned to you here a couple…

Ebby App Taps Into Market Trend Toward Digital Homebuying Research

By Candy Evans / April 6, 2016 /

Consumers, especially Millennials, are changing up their house-hunting strategies. More than ever, buyers are relying on smartphone apps to discover available properties and narrow down their searches before getting in touch with a real estate professional. Ebby Halliday Realtors has been on the leading edge of technology in the North Texas real estate market since they…