Candy Evans

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

You Can Enjoy Lake Life and Wine Country Less Than Two Hours From Dallas

By Candy Evans / July 2, 2025 /

Lake houses make for great family memories and 1000% relaxation. Your blood pressure goes down, your pace slows, some say you even add a few years to your life. That’s one reason why my good friend Glenn Phillips, CEO of Lake Homes Realty in Birmingham, Alabama, says the buying process for a lake home takes…

This Plano Home Sale Put the DFW Housing Market on Ludicrous Speed: 2 days, $15.9M

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2025 /

So I went up to Plano a couple Sundays ago, nice easy drive up the Dallas North Tollway to the Windhaven exit. Fifteen minutes later I thought maybe I had been transported to the Texas Hill Country. This was Red Wolf Lane. I had heard about this house several years ago from its builder, Sharif…

5805 Red Wolf: The Hidden House That Tech Built Sells in Record Time

By Candy Evans / May 14, 2025 /

The Bulls Eye of North Texas… Has Moved North This home at 5805 Red Wolf Lane in Plano and the land have quite the story. It proves that the bull’s eye of luxury in Dallas-Fort Worth has moved north. It is a stunning, stunning property tucked away in one of the best-kept secret neighborhoods in…

Chris Kelly New CEO of HomeServices of America

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2025 /

Word came today that Berkshire Hathaway’s HomeServices of America now former CEO, Gino Blefari, stepped down from his five-year leadership role at the real estate giant Tuesday to become a chairman emeritus. In his place is none other than Chris Kelly, executive vice president of HomeServices of America, who will become president and CEO. Yes, that’s OUR…

Luxury, Location, Lush: A Most Unique Forest Creek Home Is Loaded, Loaded, Loaded

By Candy Evans / April 8, 2025 /

There are not many homes that put my head into a spin. But then there is 6617 Forest Creek Dr. I stopped counting how many times “amazing” came out of my mouth while touring the home. And the neighborhood: Forest Creek is in North Dallas just south of Forest Lane, south of LBJ. Dallas has…