Candy Evans

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

Wanna Be a Billionaire? Chance to Win $1.5 Billion at Hunter Dehn’s University Park Open House TONIGHT!

By Candy Evans / January 13, 2016 /

Millionaire, that’s so passe. What does it buy you? An average house, a tiny vacation home. Hunter Dehn is buying a handful of Powerball tickets to give away at tonight’s open house at the brilliant Barrett Durrow property I wrote you about a few months ago at 3108 Bryn Mawr in University Park… he’s got…

Vintage Homes: Why Do We Not Take Better Care of Them?

By Candy Evans / January 13, 2016 /

Last weekend I watched the story unfold about an historic home down in The Cedars, one of Dallas oldest neighborhoods. It’s hard to imagine that in the 1800’s stately Victorian cottages and mansions with massive cedar trees — hence the name — lined the streets and housed the city’s moneyed in this neighborhood. Dallas was…

Kenneth Walters Joins Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

By Candy Evans / January 13, 2016 /

As I said Tuesday, the first of the year is when a lot of agents announce major changes and new beginnings. One of those comes for former Ebby Halliday mega-producer Kenneth Walters, who made an official move January 1, 2016 from Ebby’s Little White House down the street (really, just across the hall) to Dave…

A New Power Team at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s: Christy Berry & Jonathan Rosen

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2016 /

I’m just going to spill the beans on this one early: I have word from a solid source that two of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s powerhouse agents are teaming up to create a super-power selling team: Christy Berry and Jonathan Rosen. Last week I was in Austin, hanging with the folks at Concierge Auctions and about…

Sure Getting Shaken Up Over on Shook

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2016 /

This is a bit of a California iconic home, but wait until you hear about the location: 7142 Shook Road, about two blocks away from the western edge of White Rock Lake. The lot is .21 of an acre, that’s almost one quarter acre of trees, topography and trellises. The home is located on a…