Candy Evans

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

This University Park Gem Hit The Market And Sold With a Bang to Cap Off 2021

By Candy Evans / January 13, 2022 /

In many ways, Dallas real estate has never been more exciting, especially with bidding wars aplenty and buyers always keeping their eyes peeled for that perfect listing. And this home at 3616 Haynie Avenue in University Park caused a flurry of activity when it was listed toward the end of 2021. Hitting the market in…

Allie Beth Allman’s Alex Perry Posts Record Numbers in 2021

By Candy Evans / January 6, 2022 /

If there’s one thing top Dallas luxury real estate agent Alex Perry relied on perhaps more than anything else in 2021, it had to be his solutions-based mindset.  He wasn’t letting the market, with its low inventory of homes for sale and strong buyer demand, determine the success of his business. While the headlines told…

Best of 2021: The Legacy of Real Estate Legend Judy Pittman Lives on

By Candy Evans / December 30, 2021 /

[Editor’s Note: While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2021. Enjoy!] Candy: Not only one of the most elegant, gracious women I have ever, ever met, but Judy Pittman is also a huge chapter in my book about Dallas real estate…

Best of 2021: With The Sale of This Luxurious Hillcrest Estates Home, I’m Going to Really Miss my Neighbors

By Candy Evans / December 29, 2021 /

[Editor’s Note: While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2021. Enjoy!] Candy: One of the best things about this year has been the Real estate market. It was fast and furious, agents working 24/7 if their bodies would allow it, reams…

East Quarter: a New Neighborhood Is Brewing Downtown, And We Already Love It!

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2021 /

“I was driving down Commerce Street about four years ago, and I looked at all these great, old, vacant buildings,” says Patrick Todd, principal in the family-owned-and-operated developer Todd Interests. “A year later, we bought ’em all up — more than a dozen old commercial buildings.” Today, those buildings are being turned into what is…