Candy Evans

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

You Have 30 Minutes to Pay Your Dallas County Property Taxes

By Candy Evans / January 31, 2016 /

I should have reminded you sooner, sorry. I did our’s last night and paid $900 for the convenience plus 40,000 Advantage Miles. That’s about two tickets, right? Anyhow, we pay our own property taxes because once upon a time, children, banks gave out this thing called interest, and if you kept your moola in the…

Change.org Petition Asks NorthPark Center to Beef Up Security

By Candy Evans / January 31, 2016 /

A Change.org petiton has been posted online to improve security at Dallas’ NorthPark Center. The petition, filed on change.org, is addressed to NorthPark Center General Manager Billy Hines. Started by Heather LeClair, it asks to “confirm all Northpark Center security cameras are operational & increase security escorts.” I’d like to add “install gates in the…

Shaking It Up on Shook: a Home for Those Who Hate Contemporary

By Candy Evans / January 31, 2016 /

Like some trees around your rock? Then you’ll want to check out this one of a kind contemporary home on one of our favorite East Dallas streets: Shook. We usually get all shook up over anything on the street because we love the topography, but once we saw inside this beauty with all of her…

Florida Guy Says Dallas Housing Market is Like Miami, About to Take a Plunge: Nuts

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2016 /

Why in the world would you compare the Dallas housing market to Miami? At first glance, I thought this may have been irresponsible real estate reporting on the part of WFAA-TV, but it is not. It’s basically taking a look at a nutcase in Florida who says our market is in for a 35% value…

Fair Texas Title Now Open in Three Locations With Britt Fair at the Helm

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2016 /

Does this guy look familiar? He should, he is Britt Fair, former President of Hexter-Fair/First American Title Company, once a family title business with deep roots in Texas founded by the Hexter family in 1916 and bought by Britt’s grandfather Bill Fair in 1968. California-based First American Title Insurance Co. bought Hexter-Fair in January of…