Candy Evans

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

Dallas Real Estate Pop Quiz: What Famous Dallas Mansion's Owners Once Lived in Our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week?

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2013 /

Little pop-quiz over here on CandysDirt: do these homes look similar? A little? No, OK. How about are they both light, white and very bright? Bingo! Turns out they were built by the same couple. 11715 Parwen, the first home and our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week, has a smooth white stucco interior and the…

Dans Bois Crete, aka Our $19.5 Million Heartthrob on Inwood: Owner Tells All to the New York Times

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2013 /

You recall this listing, yes. As if we can ever forget. Definitely one of the most beautiful homes in Dallas, inside and out. The home’s name, “Dans Bois Crete”, means “in wood ridge”. In a wood ridge it is, indeed, located on that elegant stretch of Inwood Road just south of Walnut Hill, not too far…

Media Rooms of the Rich and Famous in Dallas, Where One Movie Screen is Never Enough

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2013 /

We hear this baloney from time to time that this room is in, and that one’s out, kind of like we hear that home sizes are shrinking. Poppycock. Truth is, homes are still getting bigger, the media room is still very much alive, in demand, and so popular that in many Dallas homes, one is…

Help This Poor Reader Find a Neighborhood: Where's the Best Place to Park Two (Maybe Three) Kids and a Husband?

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2013 /

A Reader Writes: Here is a picture of the fam in front of our townhome. We are still all over the place in terms of where to live and find the perfect neighborhood. When I wrote you last, it was Lake Highlands. A week before that, it was UP. Today, it’s Lakewood. As you can…

Realtor Rant: Diminished Agent Services at Certain Price Points?

By Candy Evans / July 10, 2013 /

A Reader writes: I will be putting our home on the market in a few months. Last time we sold was about 12 years ago.  I have been shocked to learn that most listing agents no longer show up for showings. They let the CSS lockbox do all the work! In years past when we…