Candy Evans

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

Update 2015: The Metroplex of the Future by Keller Williams Regional Luxury Real Estate

By Candy Evans / October 15, 2015 /

What will you be selling in the next three years? Is our market headed up or down? Thanks to a bevy of wonderful sponsors, Dallas luxury real estate agents will be treated to a panel discussion featuring two local heavy-hitters – Scott Johnson of the Texas Economic Development Corporation in Frisco  & Tierney Kaufman from the…

Property Tax “Postlets” Are Out, but Only For Non-Homestead Exempted Properties

By Candy Evans / October 15, 2015 /

Comes word from our on-staff Tax Doctor, Rob Wheelock, of Property Tax Managers, that it’s that time of the year AGAIN: property tax appraisals. 2015 Property Tax Statements are usually mailed out starting the first week of October, and they have been for all non-homesteaded properties. But the Dallas County Appraisal District is holding back…

Dallas Real Estate Casting Call: Yours, Mine or OURS?

By Candy Evans / October 15, 2015 /

My God, have these people never heard of War of the Roses, that classic Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner movie where the sparring couple lives in the same house because neither wants to give it up in their divorce? My fave scene was when Oliver Rose urinated on the fresh fish his ex Barbara was sauteing for…

Inwood Home of the Week: Waggoner Family Home Has Waggoner Ranch Feel & Custom Christmas Lights!

By Candy Evans / October 14, 2015 /

Update, 12:18 am: Seems I read the map incorrectly: this home is EAST of Preston Rd. when northbound, putting it between the Dallas North Tollway and Preston Road, a highly desireable area. Which only makes the Waggoner house on Waggoner even more desireable! How appropriate that we post this apres Columbus Day, because the hefty…

John Goff Looks Beyond, Says He’s Long on Homes!

By Candy Evans / October 14, 2015 /

Really great interview of John Goff by Candace Carlisle of the DBJ here — she grabbed a drink at the Ritz (Ritzy!) with Crescent chairman and CEO after touring that stunning new 20-story,  530,000-square-foot office and retail tower going up across the street from the Ritz at McKinney and Olive. Goff says it’s “very “sexy,” and…