Candy Evans

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

Monday Morning Millionaire, II: One Arts Plaza Perfection — the Personal First Dibs Home of Lucy Billingsley

By Candy Evans / June 4, 2012 /

I caught up with the amazing agent and friend that is Scott Deakins the other day, fresh from his jumpola from David Griffin (with whom he remains, of course, great friends) to Briggs Freeman’s (beautiful) new Uptown digs in February. Scott is rather the proud papa of One Arts Plaza residential. He should be; he…

Bluegreen Communities Go South, and East and West to SouthStar, Mehrdad Moayedi

By Candy Evans / June 4, 2012 /

Here’s more proof of how well home builders are doing in some parts of the country, namely, of course, Texas: a Coral Gables residential developer recently bought up a super successful builder of residential communities, many in Texas. In early May, SouthStar Communities paid $29 million big ones to buy Bluegreen Communities, which has created…

Talk of the Town: Everyone’s Talking About This House on Villanova –Should You Check for Sex Offenders Before You Buy a Home?

By Candy Evans / June 4, 2012 /

WFAA-TV last week reported that a University Park woman –well, WFAA called her a socialite — was arrested for peddling graphic child porn on her computer. Sick. According to Channel 8, agents raided Erika Perdue’s $1.5 million University Park home and seized computers filled with child pornography. If it’s the home I think it is, the…

I Feel Sorry, Real Real Sorry for Jason Terry: Dallas Celebrity Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / June 4, 2012 /

Why do I feel so sorry for Jason Terry? He has a great home up in Frisco, a Mediterranean style house in a community called Country Club Estates. The Terrys bought their home there five years ago for $1.4. $1.1. Word is the Terrys love the Frisco Lewisville ISD schools — Terry and his wife, Johnyika, have four…

Thursday Three Hundred: Pallos Verdas North West Dallas Home is a Diamond in the Rough at $350K

By Candy Evans / June 1, 2012 /

First of all, I know what you are going to say: lousy picture of the front of 3765 Pallos Verdas Drive. I agree, but honestly, what are you going to do, what in the world do you do when the home has all those gorgeous low-hanging trees swooping down in front? They shade the house.…