Candy Evans

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

Want a Second Home in Florida? Time to Go Shopping!

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2012 /

I’m off to Denver to NAREE to discuss vacation homes with the folks in the know. And it looks like we’re not the only market with shrinking inventory…

Florida Second Home Real Estate Overview: Inventory is Shrinking In The Sunshine State, Too

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2012 /

I’m off to NAREE, where for three and a half days all we do is talk about real estate. I’m moderating the panel on vacation homes featuring four of the nation’s top experts: Peter Kempf, president and CEO of Kempf International and an expert on the fractional market; Alex Iskenderian, Senior VP/COO Vail Resorts Development…

Follow the Gayborhoods: Two Pricey Dallas Hoods Make Top Ten List of Most Gay-Saturated Cities

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2012 /

According to one of my favorite real estate websites, Trulia, Dallas ranks No. 8 among the nation’s most “gay-friendly” cities, speaking of real estate. And, the top 10 list of these gay-friendly neighborhoods in each city also happen to coincide with the pricest markets and neighborhoods in those cities. In otherwords, Trulia is just verifying something we already know: want your real estate to appreciate in value? Follow the Gayborhood!

First Annual Battle at the Bridges: A Builder’s Medieval Times Golf Battle for Charity

By Candy Evans / June 20, 2012 /

Let the games begin! It’s the first ever Battle at the Bridges Feast & Tournament, sponsored by Centurion American and the development genius behind the company, Mehrdad Moayedi. In case you have not heard, he is the hottest developer in town, his company, Centurion American, buying up so many developments (The Stoneleigh, the land next door…

Cinnamon Shore’s Town Growth Goes Gourmet, Takes on Hollywood

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

Perhaps you have procrastinated, like I have a tendency to do. Maybe you haven’t decided where to take the family for a fun-filled vacation, and it’s mid June. May I suggest Cinnamon Shore, Mustang Island’s seaside village, located in Port Aransas on Texas’s Coastal Bend? It’s not that far from Big D and offers a whole schedule of summer events planned to make vacationing in paradise even sweeter. Plus who knows: you might like it so much you decide to buy a second home there.