Candy Evans

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

Monday Morning Millionaire: I’d Stay Home Alone or With Company for Christmas in This Perry Heights Georgian!

By Candy Evans / December 24, 2012 /

I dreamed I got a Georgian for Christmas! You know how some homes just ooze good vibes and what I call “great house juju”? This home is a blonde version of the red Georgian “Home Away” home up in Winnetka, Ill. Well of course it is — this is Dallas after all! In fact, 4434…

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at Ebby Halliday? A Real Cute Blast From the Past…

By Candy Evans / December 19, 2012 /

Comes word that Bettie Abio has joined the Preston Center Office of Ebby Halliday as a sales associate. Not only is Bettie an accomplished and respected veteran of North Texas real estate, she knows where just about all the bodies are buried in this biz and who dug the graves. I recall interviewing her when she had her own brokerage firm on West Lovers Lane circa 2007. And you may recall a high end firm years ago called Abio, Adleta and Poston that became Adleta and Poston that became Poston and then was never heard of again. Precious Linda Adleta, is truly one of the most beautiful women I have ever met, and we miss her DEARLY.

Monday Morning Millionaire for The Week Before Christmas: Just Get High and Ask Santa To Buy You This Estate at Lake Lewisville’s Sunrise Bay

By Candy Evans / December 18, 2012 /

Yes, we have our $30 million dollar Manson Court mansions, our Mt. Vernon and Troy’s pad, if he ever decides to put Highland Drive back on the market. Of course, if the Hicks ever put The Crespi Estate on the market, it would blow them all out of the water. Speaking of water, why not…

Thursday Three Hundred on Candy Time: Go Euro in West Highland Park, and You’ll Never Leave

By Candy Evans / December 14, 2012 /

I think West Highland Park is about as perfect a neighborhood you can get in Dallas. You are close to EVERYTHING:  Highland Park Village, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, Love Field, Turtle Creek, Inwood Village, the North Dallas Tollway, “Central Dog Park”, and everything on Lemmon Ave. Recall that for me my perfect retirement home will…

A Darling Deal for Darling Homes, and Further Proof the DFW Economy is Cooking

By Candy Evans / December 14, 2012 /

I happen to be pretty crazy about Frisco-based Darling Homes. Apparently, others are too. Darling Homes has entered into a purchase agreement to be acquired by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based home builder Taylor Morrison. Even more exciting: Taylor Morrison, which is owned by private equity funds, wants to go public. The company is working on a $250 million stock…