Candy Evans

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

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…

Westover Hills Hacienda is Helluva Deal at $5,250,000

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2016 /

Westover Hills, Texas is located in the western portion of Tarrant County. The city is very small, coming in at only 0.7 square miles. Westover Hills has consistently been named as one of the wealthiest communities in Texas per capita income and the 10th or 12th highest income place in the U.S. since 2000! The median…

Three Robberies at NorthPark Center Since December 16, One Involving a Gun

By Candy Evans / January 28, 2016 /

This is a real estate blog, but we cover incidents that affect the way we live in our neighborhoods and homes such as a string of violent attacks on shoppers at nearby malls or strip centers. After all, malls and shopping centers are part of the equation that creates residential quality of life. Indeed, this…