Candy Evans

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

Meantime, Sales Price on Historic Mt. Vernon Estate Home Lowered $5 Million Dollars…

By Candy Evans / September 20, 2012 /

I guess John and Teresa Amend are really getting serious about selling H.L. Hunt’s old estate on the banks of White Rock Lake. I have always adored this home, and maybe if I play the Lotto and they lower the price a few more times, I can actually buy it. Because buy it I would…

Farmers Branch Gets a Second Chance on that “Don’t Rent to Illegals” Ban… Maybe

By Candy Evans / September 20, 2012 /

No kidding, I thought this case was zipped. Or rather, zapped. Farmer’s Branch has had a long, expensive fight to keep undocumented immigrants from renting homes in the town just north of LBJ. Of course, with all the construction on LBJ, one wonders how they have any tenants at all. Four years ago Farmers Branch was sued…

Did it Sell? Why Is Troy Aikman’s Home Listing on Highland Drive in Dallas Cancelled?

By Candy Evans / September 20, 2012 /

Curiously enough, Troy Aikman’s home is no longer on Allie Beth Allman’s web site. And when I checked MLS, it said CANCELLED. What does this mean? A. Troy has taken his home off the market and needs a break from the exhausting sales process. It is so hard keeping one’s home perfect for every showing.…

Ask Candy Dallas Real Estate Questions: Why Is It So Bad To Live Across the Street From a School?

By Candy Evans / September 18, 2012 /

A Dallas house-hunter writes and wants to know what’s so bad about buying or even renting across the street from a school: I saw the interior of this fabulous Lakewood home when I was in town. Thinking we’ll apply. Do you think the middle school across the street would be a problem? I’ve always heard…

Brandon Stewart Joins David Griffin & Company: Perfectly Modern Match

By Candy Evans / September 18, 2012 /

Brandon Stewart has left Ebby Halliday to park his license with David Griffin and Company Realtors. Brandon is one of the city’s more interesting agents: his background is in architecture– he’s an architect, in fact. Though he sells homes now and does not practice architecture, if you can use that phrase, he has one of the best…