Candy Evans

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

6909 Tokalon Drive Is Your Rainy Day Antidote: Extreme Southern Charm on a Most Beautiful Street in Dallas

By Candy Evans / November 5, 2013 /

You give me a list of the top streets to live on in Dallas and Tokalon is right there, maybe at the top. I love Beverly Drive and Overhill and would kill (not really) to live on Lexington. I lived on Park Lane and love it, particularly where it winds down to Sunnybrook and then…

More on the New Luxury Condo Coming to Dallas I Have Named 2505 Turtle Creek

By Candy Evans / November 5, 2013 /

Man, I have always wanted to name a condo. In fact, we need to have a pretend condo-naming and building day here soon on CandysDirt. This dreary rainy weather keeps up, we will do it. Remember having an imaginary friend? Well, we play this game by building an imaginary condo in whatever part of town we…

Under Contract: Chuck Norris Doesn't Negotiate. He Waits. With a Machete Behind His Back

By Candy Evans / November 5, 2013 /

Sorry, I have been reading too many Chuck Norris jokes on this rainy day. There is no Theory of Evolution. Just a list of who Chuck Norris decides will live. Chuck Norris can light a fire by rubbing two ice cubes together. Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares at them until he gets the…

Monday Morning Millionaire I: Old Preston Hollow Honey Pot Estate Makes You Feel at Home in the Hamptons

By Candy Evans / November 4, 2013 /

This has long been one of my favorite “Honey Pot” homes, as I watched it being built day by day when we lived down the street on Park at Holloway. I believe it was completed in 1999, a year before I built my own dream house. I always loved the way they captured the most…

Dallas Home Price/Income Ratio Edging Higher: Housing Getting More Expensive Here

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2013 /

We’ve known this was happening for awhile: it’s becoming harder, if not impossible, to find a housing bargain in most of the largest cities in our country. I’m talking San Fransico, Seattle, New York City, and LA. Real Estate expert and consultant John Burns tells us the ratio of median home prices to median household…