Candy Evans

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

Cities With the Most Construction in the USA No Duh: Three of the Top 20 Are in Texas

By Candy Evans / April 2, 2012 /

This is one of those “Thank God we live in Texas” days. Yep, ran across this nugget from Forbes.com on the cities with the most construction: if construction starts are a leading economic indicator, then we are in hog heaven. Three Texas metros are leading as far as construction starts and made it on the top…

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Breaking Dallas Real Estate News: We Have A New Hot Property – Joanna!

By Candy Evans / April 2, 2012 /

Meet Joanna England: blogger, writer and brand-spanking-new mom. Get used to seeing her name and byline here on CandysDirt.com, because this gal knows a thingee or two about real estate, is a seasoned blogger and writer (Bubble Life, People Newspapers, Dallas Morning News), and will be contributing to this blog daily. As you know, there are a million real estate stories in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and I cannot cover all of them.

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Champ d’Or Snapped Up by a Family, Sellers Very Pleased With Sale

By Candy Evans / April 1, 2012 /

“Sellers very pleased with sale” — boy if that isn’t the understatement of the century! Details of Friday’s sale of Champ d’Or by auction up in Denton are eeking out. I got word from Laura Brady with Concierge Auctions that the buyers are definitely a family who apparently plans to live in the 40,000 square…

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Open House Extravaganza: Here’s Where You Should Be Today, 6822 Mimosa. Basically Buy Greece for $1 Million +

By Candy Evans / April 1, 2012 /

This young lovely is for the Mediterranean lover in you. (And SUCH a bargain!) 5158 square feet primed and ready for a nice, big family, she was built in 2001 by Geoffrey Grant, who also builds in The Creeks of Preston Hollow, has a red tile roof and a brick driveway. Smooth limestone floors everywhere keep this home cool during…

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Open House Extravaganza: Here’s Where You Should Be Today – 6622 Lupton

By Candy Evans / April 1, 2012 /

Lower than low: you know how depleted our inventory is getting in Dallas, so you really need to get on over to see these hot new listings strutting their stuff for the world to see Sunday afternoon. Let’s start with 6622 Lupton. First of all, location: this is prime Preston Hollow living, a 94 by 183…

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