Candy Evans

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

Monday Morning Millionaire, Memorial Day Late Edition: Spend Your Next Holiday in this Beach Tree House

By Candy Evans / May 27, 2014 /

By now you are either back from your weekend getaway, or like me, moving from beautiful relaxation mode to WORK! But I am bound and determined to spend my next holiday in a beach house, like this beauty that was featured in Veranda Magazine. Once the Wright Amendment goes bye bye in October, we will…

Dallas Area Home Prices Now 6 Percent Higher Than They Were in the Peak Before the Recession

By Candy Evans / May 27, 2014 /

I guess you can thank no income taxes and pot. Because Dallas and Denver are on a high! I really, really wish I could be a fly on the wall in Robert Shiller’s office someday. I say this because when I heard him speak as the huge national recession was setting in, this was about…

Big Box Stores Battle Deja Vu: One Walmart in Miami is the Highest Grossing WalMart in the U.S.A.

By Candy Evans / May 27, 2014 /

Seems like we have something in common with the folks in Miami: they did not want a big box Walmart in Midtown Miami, and they fought it bitterly, every step of the way: protests, appeals, shout-outs, anti-Walmart websites, even creating a blog called “People of Walmart” that portrayed Walmart customers in “an unflattering light, usually overweight…

Another Town Hall Meeting to Push Transwestern Luxury Apartments Behind the Pink Wall, Tuesday Evening

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2014 /

That’s tomorrow. Transwestern is holding yet another significant town hall meeting to appeal to nay-saying neighbors, who say they don’t want a luxury apartment complex to be built at Preston and Northwest Highway.

No Megastore in Uptown ‘Wear Red’ Rally: Monday 10 am to 3 pm at Klyde Warren Park

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2014 /

It’s Memorial Day, and what a better way to spend it than standing up for what you believe is right for your city. That’s why supporters for No Megastore Uptown! are meeting today from 10 am- 3 pm at Klyde Warren Park. Uptown Ciclova is turning the neighborhood into a car-free, walkable environment to bring…