Candy Evans

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

Uptown Murder at Gables Park 17 Gaining Nationwide Attention

By Candy Evans / September 3, 2015 /

The tragic gunning down of a woman in an Uptown parking garage last evening, a garage residents say was accessible only with a fob key, has now garnered a bit of national attention via the New York Daily News.  The murder has the luxury apartment community (and a lot of single women in Uptown) on…

A Lesson From Fort Worth: How to Slow Down Cars in Dallas – Roundabouts

By Candy Evans / September 3, 2015 /

I spent 30 hours in Fort Worth and loved it. Visited my dear friend Eric Prokesh, saw his house, toured some Fort Worth neighborhoods and drooled, just drooled over the housing stock there. Had lunch and dinner on West Magnolia and cannot wait to return. Fairmount is becoming a huge real estate success story: it…

Meet The Smiths: The First Family of Texas Real Estate

By Candy Evans / September 2, 2015 /

I’m here in Fort Worth celebrating the installation of Leslie Rouda Smith, voted in as the Chairman of the Board of the Texas Association of Realtors for 2016. Last night was the installation dinner and celebration, and let me tell you, it was a gala dinner. The Fort Worth Omni Convention Center and Hotel was…

Help This Young Couple Find a Home in Dallas!

By Candy Evans / September 2, 2015 /

He’s an attorney, she’s in architectural lighting design. They have been looking for a home “in the Loop” for nine months. Every time they find one they like, within their price range, they plunk down an offer and six other offers come in above asking… sometimes even when they have BID ABOVE ASKING. But, this darling…

ForwardDallas or Backward? The Transwestern Project Behind the Pink Wall

By Candy Evans / September 2, 2015 /

By Claire Stanard Guest Contributor In the CandysDirt.com re-cap of the August 27 Town Hall meeting regarding Transwestern’s proposed four story apartments, she concludes by stating: “This is what we pay them for: the Dallas City Council will vote on the zoning change, basing their decision on the highest and best use of the land not for me,…