Candy Evans

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

Builders We (Don’t) Love: No They Didn’t

By Candy Evans / February 21, 2014 /

Yes, they did.

The Real Estate Cycle: Now For a Word from The Folks Who Live at the Preston Center Apartments, Preston at Northwest Highway

By Candy Evans / February 21, 2014 /

The folks who live at the Preston Center Apartments, 8502 Preston Road at Northwest Highway, at the northeast intersection with the big Texas star, are a little concerned about where they will move if the Transwestern deal goes through. They are at the tip of the primo 3 acres where the developer plans to scrape…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: This Hamptons-Style Home Will Trick You Into Thinking You Are… in the Hamptons!

By Candy Evans / February 20, 2014 /

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that we kind of like us some vacation homes. In fact, we are doing the happy-dance over at SecondShelters: vacation-home sales in the U.S. are rebounding. The National Association of Realtors tells us sales rose 10 percent in 2012, after tumbling — no make…

Meet Todd Macintire, Grandson of Architect Charles Dilbeck

By Candy Evans / February 20, 2014 /

Todd Macintire is in town, visiting his favorite person in the world, his grandmother Pat Dilbeck, with him here inside one of the “four sisters” on Shenandoah at Douglas. Todd, who grew up in Dallas and graduated from Highland Park High School, lives in Brooklyn now where he owns a retouching business, 4cimaging.com. He is…

A Local Broker's Higher Take on the Museum Tower-Nasher Dispute: the Real Estate Way Back Machine

By Candy Evans / February 19, 2014 /

One of the cornerstones of this blog is learning about, and hearing from, the Dallas Real Estate community. This blog is their sandbox, and the consumer is invited to both play and STAY. Dallas Real Estate Broker Scott Carlson has written on the Museum Tower-Nasher dispute. When I first read his post, I was reminded…