Candy Evans

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

Like it or Not, the Highest Growth Will be in Texas Suburbs by 2050 (Collin County is #2!)

By Candy Evans / March 11, 2015 /

The fastest-growing county in Texas is Hays County, just south of Austin. This according to the Texas Office of the State Demographer. Next up, our Collin County.

Was Adrian Peterson in Dallas Looking at Dallas Real Estate TUESDAY?

By Candy Evans / March 11, 2015 /

The word is that the running back extraordinaire came in on a chartered jet to Love Field, was met by an agent, and then set off to house hunt. Like here in the Dallas area. We are wondering if y’all have heard anything about this, or know which homes he might have taken a gander…

Tom Hicks Switched Brokers: Allie Beth Allman Now Listing Most Expensive Property in Dallas

By Candy Evans / March 10, 2015 /

It was back in January of 2013 that Tom and Cinda Hicks first shocked us by listing their 25 acre Preston Hollow estate, also known as the Crespi Estate, for $135 million with Doug Newby. That price tag sure garnered a lot of attention from the folks at places like Forbes, the Wall Street Journal,…

Golfing Legend Justin Leonard Lists Highland Park Property for $15,995,000

By Candy Evans / March 10, 2015 /

Oh my, I needed this. Feast your eyes on Justin and Amanda Leonard’s 14,000 square foot show home at 3700 Euclid which just hit the market March 9. Back in 2010, the power couple painstakingly constructed this masterpiece with the starchitect team of Stocker, Hoestery and Montenegro while Rusty Goff did the honors of putting…

There’s a New Real Estate Magazine in Town: Dave Perry-Miller Goes to Print!

By Candy Evans / March 10, 2015 /

Pity the poor indie real estate brokerage: it takes so much to stay in business and on top of marketing. Not only do you have to hire the best agents in town and keep them happy (read: selling real estate), you need to have an in-house marketing firm splish-splashing your agents and listings everywhere. Everywhere.…