Candy Evans

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

Dallas Remembers Olivia Newton-John’s Neiman Marcus Visits and Mansion Residency

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2022 /

Word came Monday that Olivia Newton-John left us after a long, brave battle with breast cancer. The singer-songwriter died at her California ranch. She was 73. Newton-John sang some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and ’80s and starred in the most popular musicals of the era, including Grease. Newton-John amassed No. 1 hits,…

Candy Evans: Dallas City Hall Says a Property Tax Reduction is on The Table, But It’s Not The Tax Break You Think

By Candy Evans / August 8, 2022 /

I was in Nashville, Tennessee, recently, interviewing agents there as I perused their gorgeous property offerings. Found out a lot of people are choosing Nashville over Dallas (and Texas) as they relocate from either California, the Midwest, or the East Coast. Why? Tennessee property taxes are one-third of Texas’. And there is no state income…

UK-Based Domestic Placement Firm Takes a Royal Foothold in Dallas-Fort Worth

By Candy Evans / August 2, 2022 /

The best domestic staffing agency in the world comes to DFW

The Doris Jacobs Team is Back at Allie Beth Allman (Because She Never Really Left)

By Candy Evans / July 26, 2022 /

This says so much about the Dallas real estate scene and the razor-sharp competition between brokers for tip-top producing agents that brokers don’t just fawn over — they recruit, pursue, and hound, offering gigantic marketing budgets, hefty splits, trips to wealthy enclaves, and connections to some of the world’s top producers. But even then, longevity…

This Plaza II Residence Could Be The Sexiest Marriage in Town

By Candy Evans / July 24, 2022 /

I say “marriage” because what we have here is two whole units of living space carefully and thoughtfully woven together, each bringing magnificent floor-to-ceiling windows to the union as dowry. The result is almost 4,000 square feet at 2828 Hood Street, Unit 1303, with the most magnificent, unfettered views of the Dallas skyline. The union…