Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Insiders at the Dallas Central Appraisal District, which was hacked last week in a ransomware attack, tell us the system is not yet up, they are working all on paper, they cannot use email, and the hackers have asked for money. How much, we are trying to determine. Because Dallas County manages DCAD, we are…
By now most real estate professionals know that the Dallas Central Appraisal District’s, or DCAD’s, systems are down because of a ransomware attack. Ironically the attack hit on Tuesday, Election Day. Here is what they posted on their Facebook page: “Early Tuesday morning, 11-8-2022, The Dallas Central Appraisal District (DCAD) became the victim of a…
As homes with a story go, 6917 Miramar Circle in Fort Worth has a great one — including a tie to the chicest hillbillies in Beverly Hills. Designed and built in 1968 by builder Bearl Mathews and his interior-designer wife Bobbie Mathews, the French-style home in Ridglea Country Club Estates oozes elegance — and rightly so.…
“Luxury is fundamentally a state of mind,” says John Scott, whose name ought to ring a bell in any serious discussion about Dallas luxury. The founder and chairman of Park House Dallas, former president, CEO and director of Belmond Ltd. (formerly Orient-Express Hotels), many Directorships, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Rosewood Hotels &…
Just reading the story is a jaw-dropper: ProPublica, the online independent, nonprofit newsroom that “produces investigative journalism with moral force” is saying that Richardson-based RealPage is using proprietary algorithms to help landlords raise rents, turn profits, and basically screw renters out of affordable housing. The algorithm, dubbed YieldStar, uses several strategies. According to the ProPublica report,…
