Candy Evans

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

If Joan Crawford Were Alive, She Would Scream NO MORE STRING, GET ATTIC EASE!

By Candy Evans / February 6, 2014 /

Folks, really, we are living in the 21st century. We have cell phones and everything is automated, from your pool control temp to auto-drive cars. When LBJ Expressway is finished, it will even feature an automated toll road pricing scheme designed to minimize traffic congestion: tolls will be pricier as traffic density increases, drivers will be alerted,…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: From Ugly Ducking to Swan, Sauna, and Indoor Swim

By Candy Evans / February 5, 2014 /

Do not miss this house, especially if you are looking for a lock and leave, get-out-of-Dodge- type place that is effortless to maintain, in a secure, friendly neighborhood, and will turn you on every time you walk in the front door. Welcome to 5706 Overdowns, the Ugly Ducky who became a swan with the help…

Say What? Zillow Has Champ d'Or "Zestimated" at $512,839

By Candy Evans / February 5, 2014 /

“A Zestimate® home valuation is Zillow’s estimated market value. It is not an appraisal. Use it as a starting point to determine a home’s value.” Well, OK then. Glad to know it. Because when it comes to 1851 Turbeville Road, the good folks at Zillow have a very unique price for the property: $512,839. This for a…

Say What? Zillow Has Champ d’Or “Zestimated” at $512,839

By Candy Evans / February 5, 2014 /

“A Zestimate® home valuation is Zillow’s estimated market value. It is not an appraisal. Use it as a starting point to determine a home’s value.” Well, OK then. Glad to know it. Because when it comes to 1851 Turbeville Road, the good folks at Zillow have a very unique price for the property: $512,839. This for a…

Does It Make Sense to Tear Out a Highway in Downtown Dallas? TxDOT Said No

By Candy Evans / February 4, 2014 /

Bye bye Miss American Pie, see the potential life under the old highway? There has been talk, a lot of talk, about removing a section of highway in downtown Dallas. Tear it out, get rid of the concrete somehow (landfill?), and then fill in the space formerly occupied by said highway with development. The proponent…