Candy Evans

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

Realtor Tools: Addison Now Famous as Home of the "Before You Go" Toilet Spray

By Candy Evans / November 7, 2013 /

Chalk up another major coup for Addison: not only does this community require every home constructed to be equipped with an approved fire sprinkler system, it is home to the first U.S. company dedicated to keeping your bathroom surrounds odor free. The company is called “Poo-Pourri”, founded by Addison native Suzy Batiz. According to a story…

While President Obama Campaigned in These Dallas Homes, This Little Entrepreneur Made Hay While the Sun Shined

By Candy Evans / November 7, 2013 /

If you live in Preston Hollow, you know how inconvenienced we were momentarily Wednesday night as the President arrived at Love Field about an hour late, then ran over to Temple Emmanuel at Hillcrest and Northwest Highway for his health care plug. I steered clear of Northwest Highway and Hillcrest, thinking I was clever. Then,…

Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week: Good Breeding, Great Bones Make This Preston Hollow Park Lane Tudor a Classic

By Candy Evans / November 6, 2013 /

Our house of the week for Inwood Mortgage typifies what a little clean-lined interior design can do for a 14 year old home: make it look brand new! Let’s face it: styles change every few years, but 14 years is almost light years when it comes to design. What I love about 6239 Park Lane…

Great Gulf Homes Picks Dallas for First Luxury Condo Development in US: Ltd. Edition/No 2505 Turtle Creek

By Candy Evans / November 6, 2013 /

Huge news for Dallas and, really, for Texas. Tuesday night, at a very exclusive cocktail party on the mezzanine at the Winspear, the elite of Dallas real estate met the folks from Toronto who will be building the very first new luxury condominium project in Dallas since Museum Tower. And, yes, since the recession. GGH…

Have You Voted Yet? Vote YES for Proposition 6, the State Water Implementation Fund

By Candy Evans / November 5, 2013 /

Update 1:27 a.m.: Proposition 6 has passed with 73.38% of Texans voting for it. I am heading out to the polls, and you should, too, to vote. They are open until 7pm. All the griping I we do and I we forget that this is my our chance to actually DO something about it! There…