Candy Evans

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

Dallas Land Investor & LA Rams Owner Stan Kroenke To Buy Historic $725 Million Waggoner Ranch

By Candy Evans / February 9, 2016 /

Man, 2016 is gearing up to be a watershed year for billionaires buying up trophy properties. We’ve got Andy Beal snapping up the Hicks estate and possibly more, and we’ve got Jordan Spieth moving on up to the Creeks of Preston Hollow. Now comes word that the owner of the L.A. Rams, Stan Kroenke, and…

You Have One Week Left to See “Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye” at the Kimbell in Fort Worth

By Candy Evans / February 8, 2016 /

Looking for a unique way to spend Valentine’s Day? Your Valentine will love this unique way to spend a most romantic day, in Fort Worth at the Kimbell Art Museum. In fact, we were a little late with our Fort Worth Friday this week because we toured “Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye” exhibit in the…

Opendoor Has a Door in Dallas/Fort Worth: The Uberization of Selling Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / February 5, 2016 /

Sell your home with a click? A lot of things have changed about buying a home in the last ten years, from the way we shop for real estate (on line, or via mobile device) to the way we sign closing documents. And though the disruptors Redfin Inc., Zillow Inc. and Trulia Inc. have made…

Shopping Centers Need to Pay Attention, Careful Attention, to Escalating Crime

By Candy Evans / February 5, 2016 /

Northpark Center is nowhere near this fate, because it is one of the best managed, best retail anchored, and most innovative shopping centers in the world, not to mention one of the most beautiful and well-maintained. But it had better do something to check the crime. Heather LeClair’s petition asking Northpark Mall to beef up…

Freshly Listed Modern Malabar Retreat Has ’57 Style With a Sweet ’16 Bod

By Candy Evans / February 4, 2016 /

First of all, love affair: me and JanMar. Note to husband and world: Do not be surprised if I end up there someday. Janmar was developed in the late 50’s, early 60’s. Named after the developer’s daughters, Janet and Margaret, you basically have Bluffview east of Hillcrest: hills, water, and Buffalo Creek, which flows to White…