Candy Evans

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

Troy Aikman Sold Potashnik Lot This Week: Dallas Celebrity Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / May 11, 2012 /

Remember when I told you all last month that, at the suggestion of his agent Allie Beth Allman, Troy decided to sell off the full acre lot next to his Highland Drive home? Then I told you someone was hovering? Well, Alan Peppard is reporting that the lot sold and closed this week.

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Friday Five Hundred: Soft Lakewood Contemporary Reduced, for the Good Guys

By Candy Evans / May 11, 2012 /

I have so been meaning to tell you about this Good Guys house, a creek-view oasis! Looks like my timing was perfect, too, because 3914 Frontier was just reduced from $599,999 to $549,000. First of all, I know the owners and they really ought to be written into the contract for an additional price: you…

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Fernando Alva, R.I.P. Dear Friend With a Heart Bigger Than Texas

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2012 /

Fernando M. Alva was a dear friend. I had not seen him for about nine months, but on  Wednesday afternoon, May 9, I had a fleeting vision of him in my mind as I worked on a blog post. Call him, I told myself, call him later on today and connect. Here is how I…

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Teens, Go Home: NorthPark Center Instills Teen Curfew, Valley View Redo Just in Nick of Time?

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2012 /

Effective yesterday, children 17 years old and younger will no longer be allowed to independently cruise NorthPark Center after 6 p.m. The new curfew comes as part of a set of new policies instituted at the upscale Dallas mall that also includes restrictions on language and attire. It’s about time. Could the pendulum be swinging…

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Hot Property: Richard Soto, VIP Realty. Kind of a VIP Himself!

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2012 /

Meet Richard Soto, owner/broker of  VIP Realty here in Dallas. Richard has an interesting story: he is an agent who spends more time on marketing and SEO than he actually does selling. That’s because Richard is an extremely tech-savvy agent, and he knows where his business comes from: the web. Whether it’s Dallas homes for sale, Fort…

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