Candy Evans

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

Nancy Carroll Update: At Home in Tarrant County, Wearing an Ankle Bracelet

By Candy Evans / March 18, 2016 /

On Tuesday, March 15, Nancy’s Carroll Spink’s bail was reduced to $50,000 from $1,000,000. She has to wear an ankle monitor, and cannot leave her home from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. She cannot practice law or do title work, she had to surrender her passport, and she must remain in Tarrant County. Late Thursday…

Statler Hilton Chandelier To Hang in Newly Listed $12.75m Former Prosper Pad of Deion Sanders

By Candy Evans / March 18, 2016 /

This is the chandelier that will soon hang in the main foyer of Deion Sanders’ former home in Prosper. Don’t worry: it’s getting all spiffed up. Technically, one grand chandelier will be created out of three identical Statler Hilton Hotel chandeliers from the downtown Dallas hotel undergoing a dramatic restoration. (Some of the crystals are…

Good Morning Beautiful: Nonesuch Home Belongs to Country Singer Steve Holy

By Candy Evans / March 17, 2016 /

An “O” House is a home so fabulous you have to drop whatever you are doing (yeah, even that) or holding, including your nail file, to look! Why have I not jumped all over this listing? Look at this stone and brick classic with every perfect ingredient. It has so much going for it, it…

Unprofessional Photos Hurt Darling Kessler Woods Reno-Ready Ranch

By Candy Evans / March 17, 2016 /

This just drives me crazy. Here we have a nice house at 1506 Kessler Parkway in a great neighborhood, obviously last owned by an elderly couple. Asking is $450,000 though it’s on DCAD for $268,000  but then we know how behind DCAD is. I’ll bet this home has had very few owners. Built in 1955,…

Neiman Marcus Earnings Call: Real Softness in a Couple of Texas Stores

By Candy Evans / March 17, 2016 /

Their clothing and shoes (and jewelry! yes jewelry!) make us happy, but a little doom and gloom is hanging over Neiman Marcus after the retailer’s Tuesday morning earnings call this week. And if you are in the business of pushing luxury products, like million dollar homes or vacation homes, you pay attention. The take-aways: it’s…