Candy Evans

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

CandysDirt-Approved Home Builders Clean Up the Prizes at the 2014 ARC Awards

By Candy Evans / August 19, 2014 /

  We just have iphone pictures, but more are coming from Saturday night’s spectacular 2014 ARC Awards where the top home builders in Dallas were honored, feted and recognized. Each summer the annual Dallas ARC awards recognize home building excellence by associate members, remodelers and custom home builders who are members of the Association. Winners…

What Happened at Dave Perry Miller’s 9:00 a.m. Meeting Friday Morning? Gaynelle Henger!

By Candy Evans / August 19, 2014 /

The big real estate news in town is that Dave Perry Miller, the high end luxury boutique firm with those regal blue and gold signs all over town, has a new manager of the Preston Center office. Her name is Gaynelle Henger, and she’s replacing Bud Bush at Dave Perry-Miller’s outpost in Preston Hollow, as…

Museum Tower Shows Strong Sales, Gets “Recognition”: How Long Should It Take to Sell Out a Luxury High Rise?

By Candy Evans / August 18, 2014 /

Last week, my dear friend Tim Rogers over at D Magazine gave Museum Tower some good SEO by headlining that  “Museum Tower Shows Strong Uptick in Sales”. He checked DCAD and found: “…that 27 units have sold, for a total of 108,208 square feet and $57,343,250 of assessed value. Not too shabby. In about five…

Vacation Home Week: Pick Your Heart’s Desire of Blueberries in Rockport, Maine

By Candy Evans / August 18, 2014 /

Since summer, my very favorite season, is almost over, and since some kiddos are already heading back to school, we wanted to wring one last summer breeze for you. We decided to christen this week “Vacation Home Week” at CandysDirt. Every day we will bring you a marvelous vacation home to make your summer last…

Tore It Down Then Changed Their Minds: 4307 Armstrong Now Listed as Lot for $5,595,000

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2014 /

Erin Mathews has it listed, described as “Situated on one of Highland Parks most revered parkways, this premier 0.82 acre corner building site features an abundance of beautiful old growth trees. Truly an amazing opportunity to create your dream home.” Yeah, we know all about the revered parkway and the amazing opportunity that was once…