Candy Evans

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

JP & Associates Acquired by Cairn Real Estate Holdings, Aperion Management

By Candy Evans / May 6, 2021 /

Frisco-based JP & Associates Realtors has been acquired by Utah-based Cairn Real Estate Holdings, LLC. JP & Associates is a home-grown Texas success story. It is the No. 1 Independent Real Estate Brokerage firm in Texas and ranked in the Top 25 Largest Real Estate Brokerage Firms in the U.S., according to RealTrends. It is…

What Does Myra Tobolowsky-Prescott Think About Manchester Care Homes?

By Candy Evans / May 5, 2021 /

Finding a safe, healthy home to care for your loved ones who can no longer care for themselves can be, and often is, one of the most difficult decisions we adult children ever have to make.  No one knows that more than North Dallas resident Myra Tobolowsky-Prescott, who had to move her mother out of…

Pretty Potomac Avenue House Might Just be The Perfect Place to Call Home

By Candy Evans / April 29, 2021 /

If you are searching for the perfect place to call home, a property with stunning curb appeal, exquisite and intelligent design, sumptuous guest quarters and a prime location, this Potomac Avenue home just may be your answer. It’s certainly a Highland Park dream home that has it all. It carries a $5.499 million asking price…

Big News From a Big Deal Broker: Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Gets a New President

By Candy Evans / April 21, 2021 /

This is one of those stories that brings me full circle with much joy. I have known Russ Anderson a long time. We first met back in 2015, when he was on the other side of the real estate business, in mortgages as CEO of Guardian Mortgage, an early CandysDirt.com sponsor. I was impressed then…

Rest in Peace: ‘Designing Texas’ Host Jocelyn White

By Candy Evans / April 19, 2021 /

This is a tough one to write. I knew legendary Dallas-Fort Worth broadcaster Jocelyn White pretty well. Like so many in Dallas, she touched my life with her sparkling, embracing, warm-as-hot-caramel personality and beauty. My first job in Dallas was as a writer/producer at KDFW-TV. Clarice Tinsley had just moved to what was then Channel…