Candy Evans

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

Dallas Realtors Brave Crazy Crowds to Rub Shoulders with Fredrik Eklund at FEDORA

By Candy Evans / September 13, 2013 /

You recall our ticket give-away to rub shoulders down at the Million Dollar Mixer at Fedora with Fredrik Eklund. We had four tickets, and they were gone in three hours. We even snuck in a fifth after much begging. So agents Phillip Murrell, Kate Thomason, Susan Williams of Williams Mortgage Group, Justin Williams  of Uptown…

Fredrik Eklund Does Dallas, Loves Him Some Dallas, Got Plenty of Dallas Last Night!

By Candy Evans / September 13, 2013 /

You know him as that adorable Swedish high-powered, high-kicking real estate broker on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing. Yesterday, Fredrik swooped into Dallas as part of a PR bliz for Plano-based mortgage broker Brian McCauley of the Real Estate Mortgage Network. I sat down with Fredrik at Brian’s office in Plano for a few minutes yesterday…

University Park's Erika Perdue Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges, Gets 14 Years

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2013 /

We told you last June about Erika Susan Perdue, the (then) 41-year old University Park housewife who was charged with sharing child porn (unknowingly) with federal agents. At the time, we were all shocked that this could be going on in this house on Villanova, across from a nice University Park park, where children play. The…

Allie Beth Allman Tops One Billion in Sales on August 16, Heading for a Trillion

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2013 /

We sure are throwing “billion ” around a lot in these here parts — the Dave Perry Miller offices hit one BILLION in sales mid July, Briggs Freeman Sothebys hit one BILLION on July 24. And on August 16, Allie Beth Allman hit the BILLION dollar mark in residential real estate sales made since January.…

Inwood Mortgage House of the Week: Unbelieveable Italian Farmhouse in Bluffview Built by TV Producer Tommy Habeeb

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2013 /

I think I’m out of words. This house is so freaking amazing, you’d better slice out some time here. And get tissue, you are going to drool. Dorothy, we are not in Dallas. This home is what you would find in LA, or Hollywood Hills: grounds large enough for a hunt, ocean-like pool, glass elevator…