Candy Evans

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

Secret Pre-Sale Sale at Ceylon et Cie Tomorrow is very Hush Hush…

By Candy Evans / February 4, 2016 /

Have you ever known Michelle Nussbaumer of Ceylon et Cie to NOT go overboard on shopping? Me neither. Word is Ceylon is trying to make room for two new containers that will be arriving soon, so they are having a secret pre-sale before the sale tomorrow. Most items will be anywhere from 30 to 70…

DTales with David Griffin: Justo Blanco Brings the Science of Food to the Bishop Arts

By Candy Evans / February 4, 2016 /

I have had a crush on David Griffin since the first day we met. (A whole lot of people in Dallas feel the same way!) I even recall meeting and adoring his sweet, darling mother who, had they lived next door, would have been my dear mama’s bestie. Anyhow, I can get a lot more…

Client Offers $50K Reward for Owner of Millennium Title, Who Denies Wrongdoing to Reporter

By Candy Evans / February 3, 2016 /

More developments in the strange case of Millennium Title, a Southlake-based title company with offices in Plano, Frisco, Addison, and Dallas. Scott Gordon over at KXAS has been all over this story. In fact, he has even heard from the title company owner, Nancy Jackson Carroll. Last week the company was taken over by the…

When Present-Day Neighborhoods Were Towns: Map of Dallas County From 1900

By Candy Evans / February 3, 2016 /

The Advocate ran this map of Dallas from 1900, and I just had to re-post it. While it clearly shows off Oak Cliff — apparently, the Dallas Zoo was once part of Oak Cliff Park, or perhaps WAS Oak Cliff Park,  we forget that before the construction of I-35, all those neighborhoods melded together. PS:…

Navigating Short Sales Even in the Hottest Real Estate Market Ever

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2016 /

The Dallas Fort Worth real estate market is light years away from where it was in 2010. Home values are up so much some now say we may be in a bubble. In 2010, it was another world. The market was flooded with foreclosures and buyers were having a hard time getting loans. Houses were staying…