Candy Evans

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

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…

R.I.P. 10300 Strait Lane: 1971 – 2015

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2015 /

Comes word that the tear down of the Bud Oglesby home at 10300 Strait came sooner rather than later. In fact, she is gone, her body laid to a fitful rest somewhere in Lewisville …

Boos, a Scolding by Lee Kleinman: Preston Hollow East Makes it Clear How They Feel About Transwestern’s Project at Ground Zero

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2015 /

Update 6:34 p.m: Lee Kleinman tells me that the Rudners sent flowers to his office staff. Now that’s the Preston Hollow way! If the last meeting in Fellowship Hall at Park Cities Baptist Church was leaning more towards conciliation, it was back to square one Thursday night. This was a different group, a crowd comprised…