Candy Evans

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

Love of Water Runs Deep: WaterFront Living Costs 63% More Than Living on the Land: WSJ

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2013 /

We probably know it deep in our gut, but luxury vacation homes built on the water cost 63% more, on average, than similar properties that are land-locked. This from a global property consultant, Knight Frank, who scrutinized the ten most popular second home destinations around the world. And if they have to cover naked beaches…

Monday Morning Millionaire Continues: A Back-To-School Master Bath Just Waiting for a Margarita Machine and Masseuse…

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2013 /

I came across 3601 Wentwood recently and think it is the best back-to-school tribute we could offer. Why? Take a look at this huge master bath. It has a fainting couch, a huge shower, a soaking tub, and plenty of room to install the coffee and martini/margarita bar I have planned for it. Seriously, can…

Monday Morning Millionaire II: A Rare,Free-Standing Townhouse on Turtle Creek at the Bel-Air… Knocked Out Like Times Square

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2013 /

The Bel-Air — wait, say it again, “Bel-AHHHHHir…” is one of the best places to call home on Turtle Creek, particularly if you want “condo” living but 360 degrees of separation betwixt you and your neighbor. This angelic unit at 3725 Turtle Creek, unit J, is a free-standing townhouse and the only one of it’s…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Buy Former Dallas Cowboy Bob Breunig's Lake Highlands Home and Maybe You, Too, Will Be Father of the Year

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2013 /

Today we are heading over to Oak Highland Estates in Lake Highlands, where some of the best values in Dallas real estate are to be found — obviously former Dallas Cowboy Bob Breunig knew it, that’s why he lived here for umpteen years! Breuning, you may recall,  started 117 straight games, retired after the 1984 Cowboy’s…

Great News for Sun Valley/Ketchum: Pre-Fire Evacuation Statuses Lifted

By Candy Evans / August 24, 2013 /

I was in Denver last year when the Waldo Canyon fires were burning, and at least 650 homes — maybe more — burned. That’s why I was closely watching, this week, the Beaver Creek, Idaho fires that were threatening Sun Valley. The Ketchum ski community has been trying to make a real estate come-back, fire…