Candy Evans

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

The Dallas Mansion that Margaret Thatcher's Daughter-in-Law Really, Really Didn't Want to Live In…

By Candy Evans / April 12, 2013 /

The death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher brings to mind the gorgeous estate home you see at 4850 Preston Road. Built in 2008 by Sharif & Munir Luxury Home Builders, it was one of the biggest spec homes in Dallas: almost 14,000 square feet on .62 acres. Neighbors are as high-falutin’ as they…

Luxury Second Home Fractional Sales Heating Up: Calistoga Ranch Sells Out

By Candy Evans / April 11, 2013 /

In California, they have even sold out of the most famous outdoor showers in the world!  The  award-winning Calistoga Ranch in the Napa Valley has sold out of its private residence club offering. It seems Americans love their vacation homes again. Vacation home sales in the United States increased 10.1 percent in 2012. 553,000 units…

Hot DFW Housing Market, but Slim Pickin’s: Why Our Market Is Like Filene’s Basement Right Now

By Candy Evans / April 11, 2013 /

Well yes, it’s not even mid-April and it’s a mad house out there in the inner-loop real estate world. Sales of pre-owned single-family homes in March rose 22 percent from 2012. 7,483 properties sold. That’s the highest number of home sales since March, 2007. And we all know what happened after 2007. Hot discussion Wednesday…

Hot DFW Housing Market, but Slim Pickin's: Why Our Market Is Like Filene's Basement Right Now

By Candy Evans / April 11, 2013 /

Well yes, it’s not even mid-April and it’s a mad house out there in the inner-loop real estate world. Sales of pre-owned single-family homes in March rose 22 percent from 2012. 7,483 properties sold. That’s the highest number of home sales since March, 2007. And we all know what happened after 2007. Hot discussion Wednesday…

The Anderson Divorce: Could “Life’s Journey Ahead” Mean a Gorgeous New Listing in Williamsburg Estates?

By Candy Evans / April 9, 2013 /

Comes word that director of the Dallas Museum of Art Maxwell and his flamboyant, beautiful wife, Jacqueline Buckingham Anderson, are divorcing. You know Jacqueline: she posed for the Dallas Morning News in a provocative, page-grabbing pose in FD Luxe and always has the guys’ eyes glued to her at any  social event. My husband totally enjoyed…