Candy Evans

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

The Most Talked About MMM in Dallas in 2014: Big House at Inwood & Royal Still Available

By Candy Evans / December 29, 2014 /

Letting you in on an inside secret here at CandysDirt.com. We “nickname” our weekly Monday Morning Millionaire postings the MMM. When I created CandysDirt, I wanted to post homes on humdrum Mondays that would REALLY  wake readers up. Because, you know, it’s Monday, and you deserve to be blown away. (Come to think of it,…

Off to the Mountains for the Holidays? The Villas at Cortina Are Your Perfect Telluride Home-Away-From-Home

By Candy Evans / December 26, 2014 /

We all know how much North Texans love to head to the mountains of Colorado for the holidays. One of the top destinations for Dallasites is Telluride, Colorado. The town happens to be the county seat of San Miguel County in southwest Colorado, a former mining town in the San Juan Mountains. But ever since…

A $4 Million Dollar Spread With Bush, Helen Keller, Even Foster Grant Ties? Yes, Virginia, Farmers Branch Might Just Be Getting HOT!

By Candy Evans / December 26, 2014 /

This is one of my Christmas gifts to you: a multi-million dollar sleeper listing in, of all places, Farmers Branch. And you can thank the good folks at Inwood Mortgage for wrapping it! They would sure jump through some hoops here at year end to get the right buyer in this spread. Wait, what? A…

Merry Christmas and Happiest Holidays From All of Us at CandysDirt.com

By Candy Evans / December 25, 2014 /

Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to you, from our homes to yours. It’s been a blessed year in Dallas Real Estate. But this season is really what Real Estate is all about. All of us at CandysDirt.com and SecondShelters.com wish you a wonderful holiday. Cook, eat, laugh, relax, rest. Enjoy your homes!

Even With a Tim Headington Brand, Is The Dallas Luxury Home Market Feeling a Little, Shall We Say, Pinched?

By Candy Evans / December 23, 2014 /

Back in the fall a few real estate pros said, “this is the peak”. Were they right? Take 4236 Lorraine Avenue, one of my favorite Highland Park homes originally built for Tim Headington, but bought and remodelled by Al Hill who brought in Elizabeth Robertson to completely renovate. The 14-year-old mansion was designed by  architect Patrick Ford.…