Candy Evans

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

Vacation Home Crush: Best New Beach Development in the Western Hemisphere: Baha Mar

By Candy Evans / August 5, 2013 /

Do we really want to be here? Just posted the dirt on my newest vacation home crush, Baha Mar, over on SecondShelters.com. Seriously, you have to see this place: near perfect climate, clear and warm water, pristine beaches, 5% of the world’s coral reef and the most laid-back, friendly people ever. Of course they are,…

Robbie Briggs Responds to the Dispute With Sotheby's International Realty

By Candy Evans / August 3, 2013 /

Freeman Sotheby’s Statement Aug. 1, 2013

Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC Sues Briggs Freeman Real Estate Brokerage DBA Briggs Freeman Sotheby's Over Fort Worth Dirt

By Candy Evans / August 3, 2013 /

As I know only too well, just because you see it in a petition doesn’t make it Trew true, but it seems Fort Worth is really worth fighting for. Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC filed a lawsuit August 1 against one of it’s own franchisees right here in Dallas. What in the world are they suing over?…

Week in Review: Everyone is Still Talking About Museum Tower, Sock Puppets and Tortious Interference

By Candy Evans / August 2, 2013 /

I have been mulling on this story all week, ever since last Sunday when it ran in the Dallas Morning News: Fake Social Media Profiles part of  Dallas pension fund’s public relations fight with Nasher (sub req).  Aside: What has happened to capital letters in headlines? Brandon Eley and Barry Schwartz were the names on…

The Largest Second Home Development in the Western Hemisphere Closer to Completion: Baha Mar, the Bahamas

By Candy Evans / August 2, 2013 /

It’s the most talked about second home resort in the western world, located on a shimmering Bahamian beach dubbed the new French Riviera. Baha Mar is a $3.5 BILLION mega-resort under construction now in Nassau, The Bahamas. Thousands of construction crews are working around the clock, working so diligently they add one full story to the…