Candy Evans

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

New Friends, New Life 13th Annual Holiday Home Tour: Feast Your Eyes

By Candy Evans / November 29, 2012 /

Like I said earlier,  time for the 13th annual Holiday Home Tour presented by Gary Riggs Home benefiting New Friends, New Life,  on Sunday, December 2, 2012. And I have Six FOUR lovely tickets. Four GORGEOUS Park Cities homes will be open to the public for one of the most exciting home tours of the season. Proceeds go to…

FREE TICKETS to The 13th Annual Holiday Home Tour Benefiting New Friends, New Life Coming Your Way SUNDAY!

By Candy Evans / November 29, 2012 /

Right here in my not-so-hot little hands. Now in case you did not do your duty to God and Texas this last weekend after you cleaned the turkey and made soup –that would be decorating the house for the holidays — I’ve got some holiday inspiration for you this weekend. It’s time for the 13th annual…

East Dallas Real Estate is About to Go Up, Way Up, If This Young Man Takes Over Angela Hunt’s City Council Seat

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2012 /

It’s official: Bobby Abtahi is running for Dallas City Council, specifically the seat vacated by term-limited Angela Hunt. Oh excuse me, it’s ROBERT Abtahi, former Dallas City Plan Commissioner. You see, I know him as Bobby, a young man who was friends with my daughter in middle and high school and who, at the age…

Dallas Home Prices Up 4.4% From Last Year + Six Months of Nice Real Estate News. Still, EARMUFFS!

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2012 /

Didn’t John Paulson say this would happen?

“Good morning” — this from Standard & Poor Dow Jones this morning — good indeed! “At 9am EST today, S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest results for the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Data through September 2012 reveals the following:

Tis the Season for Sprucing Up Real Estate: Here’s $25 Towards Cleaner Carpets, Holiday Lights or a Cleaner Holiday House

By Candy Evans / November 28, 2012 /

I drove through Highland Park tonight and was amazed at how many homes have lights up and are sparkly gorgeous ALREADY! In Dallas we don’t mess around: four weeks MAX to touch up roots, and holiday decorations go up the day after Thanksgiving.