Candy Evans

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

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,…

Murders in Dallas Up 17% Over Last Year — Could Be Why People Are Buying North?

By Candy Evans / September 1, 2015 /

Major cities, including Dallas, have a problem: murder rates are up in more than 35 major cities, when compared to a year ago.  After years of declines — as I recall, the murder rate was horrendously high in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the years of crack-cocaine, pinnacling in 1993 when more than 2,200…

Buy Fresh: Eduardo Najera Sold Kings Gate Villa to Subway Restaurateur

By Candy Evans / September 1, 2015 /

Speaking of former sports stars and coaches, I failed to tell you that former Texas Legends coach and current scout for the Dallas Mavericks Eduardo Najera sold his Kings Gate villa on August 5 to a major Dallas-based Subway franchise owner, Jawed Saya, and his wife. Saya is CEO and President of G.I.S. Corporation. Eat…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Four Seasons, Four Everything & One Dr. Phil as Your Neighbor

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2015 /

 This great Las Colinas estate was originally built and owned by the great Hershel Walker. It hits MLS on Tuesday with Coldwell Banker. Not only does it have a fabulous lineage, and FOUR (count them!) powder rooms, it sits on the Four Seasons golf course, Cottonwood Valley Hole 16. I know, too bad it’s not…