Candy Evans

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

Ultra Modern Townhomes Designed by Richard Drummond Davis, Coming to the Garden District of Oak Cliff in Bishop Arts

By Candy Evans / June 30, 2015 /

I have been dying to tell you about this for weeks, but just now getting the dirt. And bear with me, because I am still checking the facts but I am so excited I just couldn’t sit on this. A very cool, high quality project is on its way to 10th and Adams in Oak…

4 of the 20 Hottest Real Estate Markets in the USA Are in Texas

By Candy Evans / June 30, 2015 /

Dallas/Fort Worth, of course, Austin, San Antonio and Midland. Not Houston. That’s because Midland’s market was so very tight on inventory lower oil prices barely made a blip. Houston, not so much.  Realtor.com’s chief economist, Jonathan Smoke, conducted the analysis based on data for the first three weeks of June. The median list price for a…

It’s the Student Debt, Stupid: Quickie Recap of NAREE15 – Changes in the Way We Buy, Sell & Consume Real Estate

By Candy Evans / June 30, 2015 /

  Just returned from NAREE15, that is, the National Association of Real Estate Editor’s annual conference in beautiful Miami, Florida. Steve Brown was there. And Candace Carlisle. We picked up another award — yeah! — but we also picked up the latest in the state of real estate. (Gave you the economic outlook last week.)…

How Will Gay Marriage Equality Affect the Dallas Real Estate Market? Or Any Real Estate Market?

By Candy Evans / June 29, 2015 /

I had the pleasure of being in Miami, and Miami Beach, the weekend of an historic Supreme Court ruling that finally affords LGBT the same legal rights as “traditional couples” when it comes to marriage. And Jack and George finally tied the knot! Does this mean we could see an uptick in home sales as…

Tuscan Manse May Set New Price Bar for Lake Forest With Elevator, Dumb Waiter, and Midtown Urban View Even in the Master Closet

By Candy Evans / June 29, 2015 /

New listing with Allie Beth Allman’s Keith Conlon: 6944 square feet in the gated, chi chi-est portion of already chi chi gated Lake Forest. Lake Forest Estates. The home at 12258 Creek Forest Drive was built in 2011 by well known Dallas home builder George Lewis, has its own pool and a magnificent view of…