Candy Evans

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

Diamond in the Rough Could Be Your Valentine Fixer Upper

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2015 /

Warning: what you are about to see may not be pretty. You may find these photos disturbing. Maybe send the children off to bed, maybe keep a box of Tums nearby, because this is a house that has not been loved. This is a house that you would call Child Protective Services on if it…

Where Will You Live in 5 Years? Who’s Moving Where? City, Suburbs, Boonies?

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2015 /

  There is no doubt that Dallas is becoming more urban, and it’s about time it did. Yesterday I met with a spectacular young man who lives downtown with his family, owns one car, and asked me to imagine a Dallas with no parking places. Hard to do, but I am trying. There is always…

2014 Top Producers Recognized at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2015 /

Did you hear the cheers coming from the other side of the Metroplex today? It’s that time of the year when brokerages are honoring top producers at parties that seem to get wilder with every press release. Last week it was Virginia Cook at Brookhollow. Today it was Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty paying tribute…

T. Boone and Toni (Brinker) Pickens Might Like This Super Stunning Contempo on Namesake Street

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2015 /

  Is your heart beating faster? There is also a huge plus right here, in what I think is the THEE most important element of real estate: location. This home overlooks Tokalon, which I would arguably call the most beautiful street in Dallas, or certainly one of the top five. Let us pause here. What…

Invoke Your Inner Martha Stewart: 92 Acre Canton Compound Packs City Slicker Sophistication With a Farm-to-Table Lifestyle

By Candy Evans / February 11, 2015 /

Anyone who can work from home and live in the country, pay attention: I have found your paradise! Chefs and gourmands, go from ground to garnish in five minutes. This is truly one of the most amazing properties I have ever seen, and it is just an hour east of Dallas on I-20. There are…