Candy Evans

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

How One Sharp North Dallas Agent Found Her Buyers a Home Off MLS: She Wrote a Computer Program

By Candy Evans / April 21, 2014 /

Don’t think the only hot market in North Texas exists south of LBJ. Agents everywhere are going to unconventional extremes to find their clients’ homes.  June Graham recently moved into what she calls the “home of her dreams” in Castle Hills, where the market is also extremely competitive. In fact, June’s agent, Sunny Chaparala of DFW…

The Happy Easter House: Heath Home has Lake Views and a Lawn Large Enough for a Hunt

By Candy Evans / April 21, 2014 /

We hope you enjoyed a beautiful Easter Sunday in this nearly perfect North Texas weather. Perfect, that is, until those April showers descended. As our treat to all our cherished readers, we offer you this unbelievably affordable home in Heath, Texas, with the most perfect lawn ever for next year’s Easter egg roll. The home,…

Inwood Home of the Week: State Thomas Brownstone Makes Uptown Living a Blast from the Past

By Candy Evans / April 18, 2014 /

The State Thomas Home Tour was just last weekend, so we are bringing you a brand new listing (just hit MLS) in the State Thomas District at 2411 Hall Street, No. 1. This is an end unit three story that proves how affordable great brownstone living is in Uptown, especially in the State Thomas ‘hood…

Thursday $300K: This Absolute Angel of a Tudor Just Listed on Mmmm Morningside

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2014 /

This just has to be Tudor week in my head somewhere, probably because my son and daughter-in-law are in London and Ireland visiting Downton Abbey! William Davis Realty just listed this absolute angel of an M-Streets rock Tudor that moves and grooves. I have this thing about rocks — diamonds, sapphires, even rock crystal. But…

Don’t Mess With Texas Highways Part II: Demolish a Downtown Dallas Highway to Spur Real Estate Investment? What Makes a World-Class City?

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2014 /

Yesterday,  Ed Woodson, a Dallas attorney, and Aren Cambre, a computer scientist, gave us part I of their insightful, well-researched counter to Patrick Kennedy et al’s passion to tear down I-345 in downtown Dallas, an elevated highway they believe is choking urban living, creating a schism of disruption between neighborhoods and sucking up dirt that could be developed…