Candy Evans

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

Jordan Spieth Snaps up a New Pad in Dallas, Buys Hunter Mahan’s Stunning $8 Million Manse in Gated Creeks of Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2016 /

It was kind of a between the links deal. A couple months ago, Jordan and Hunter talked. Jordan probably said something about everyone driving past his house. Hunter mentioned that his home, in a secure gated community,  was on the market, had been for a couple years. He invited Jordan to come over and see it,…

Andy Beal First Wanted the Crow Manse, Then Decided He Wanted The Hicks Estate

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2016 /

It is such a tough decision, I do feel his pain. Word is that Andy first wanted the beautiful estate of Margaret Crow at 4500 Preston Road. It was listed for $46 million and remains an expired listing listed with Allie Beth Allman. It’s one of the largest & most historic sites in Highland Park.…

Skis Up: Justin Bieber’s Fave Park City Ski Chalet Being Auctioned Today, No Reserve!

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2016 /

It’s in Park City, Utah, boasts 17,000 plus square feet with nine bedrooms, 11 full baths (all en suite) four powders (well, you need a lot of bathrooms at high altitudes if you get my drift) a media room, exercise room, gameroom, spa, and covered hot tub perfect for soaking apres ski, which is my…

Eureka: Local Media Discovers That Real Estate is Changing, Starts Reporting on Disruptors (WHAT????)

By Candy Evans / January 14, 2016 /

Nice piece of reporting in this D CEO piece by Phil Harvey who tries to tell us how the search for real estate has changed over the last 40-50 years: Fifty-one years ago, if you were looking for a new home, you had to get in your car and actually go look for one. The National Association…

U.S. Department of the Treasury Moves to Make Cash Purchases of High End Real Estate More Transparent in Two Regions

By Candy Evans / January 14, 2016 /

The story broke in The New York Times today, and it only affects Manhattan and Miami real estate right now… but get ready. The Feds are tired of cash buyers who hide their identities in “shell ownership” of luxury real estate. I, for one, am happy as it is so hard to chase down ownership…