Candy Evans

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

Why Is Tom Cruise Selling His Telluride Home for (Gulp!) $59 Million?

By Candy Evans / January 2, 2015 /

10,000 plus square feet with only four bedrooms, four baths and some change. Sounds like some of our Preston Hollow listings. But warning: Telluride has heated up. Looking for something a bit more affordable than $59 million? We’ve already told you about the the Villas at Cortina. We’ll tell you about some more, too.  But…

No Fan of the Ban: Why We Are Paying 5 Cents Per Bag Starting Jan. 1

By Candy Evans / January 2, 2015 /

If you went to the store yesterday, you probably noticed that you were charged 5 cents for each plastic bag you grabbed to bag your groceries. Even worse: if you use the auto check outs like I do, the system was still a little messed up as it tried to determine the weight of your…

An Un-Ranch House Near Hockaday Makes 1973 Look Like a Million Bucks

By Candy Evans / January 2, 2015 /

  I don’t know if I have ever seen such an “un-ranch” ranch in North Dallas before, but this smooth, clean, contemporary home aka 4445 College Park  is a far cry from the Waltons or even the Bob Newhart Show, both of which were purring away on TV the year she was built. Which was 1973.…

2014 Real Estate Year in Review, CandysDirt.com Style

By Candy Evans / January 1, 2015 /

Happy New Year! Steve Brown posted his year end wrap of Dallas real estate, residential and commercial, calling it one for the history books. Tis true: Dallas Real estate values are at their highest EVER, exceeding where we were even before the bubble. And he is right — this boom is fueled by the right stuff:…

Nice Way To End 2014: October Dallas Home Prices Up 7.6% Over Last Year

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2014 /

So here’s the reason why a lot of Realtors, I do mean a lot, will be drinking Veuve Cliquot tonight: Dallas is one of the top five markets in the country for home price increases, according to the folks at Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller. The numbers from October home sales are in, and Dallas home prices…