Candy Evans

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

Dallas Real Estate is Turning the Corner: David Brown at MetroStudy Tells Us Why

By Candy Evans / May 31, 2012 /

I asked this yesterday: why is our market so darn tootin’ healthy when others are not? David Brown over at MetroStudy gave me some good answers. First of all, Case-Shiller is so like yesterday’s news. This is one reason why I don’t like this index and warn y’all not to get your panties in a…

Dallas Home Prices Turning the Corner: Why is Our Real Estate Market So Darn Tootin’ Healthy?

By Candy Evans / May 30, 2012 /

You must have heard by now that we here in Dallas are not living in sync with the rest of the nation. I had to make a quick trip to Rockford, Ill. over the weekend and was that an eye-opener real estate wise: things just are not moving, values just stuck. So it did not…

Memorial Day House Candy to Last All Week: 4001 Turtle Creek, The Blue-Roofed Show Stopper, Goes on the Market

By Candy Evans / May 30, 2012 /

You know this home, you’ve probably almost crashed your S65 into the Porsch at the corner of Turtle Creek and Avondale as you ooohhed and aaahhed over 4001 Turtle Creek. That is the shockingly white, exquisitely redone 1920’s Mediterranean beauty with the blue-tiled roof. And yep, it’s on the market! But NOT in MLS. Just…

In Case You’d Rather Leave the Cooking to Someone Else, Meet Home Chef Jedediah Strong Smith

By Candy Evans / May 29, 2012 /

Go ahead, take that kitchen for a test drive! Meet Jedediah Strong Smith of 33Northtx.com and his darling yoga instructing wife, Jessica Jane Smith. Oh yes, you can call him Jed for short. Formerly of Bozeman, Montana, where he created delectable meals of health and fabu taste for the Bozeman jet set — we are talking folks in Spanish Peaks, Yellowstone Club — Jed and Jess are now in Dallas and ready to cook for you in your home.

In Case You Like to Cook in That Gourmet Kitchen, Maybe Even Turn on that Wolf Stove: Katie Workman’s Mom 100

By Candy Evans / May 29, 2012 /

Meet Katie Workman. She was in town last week promoting her fun and wonderfully informative new cookbook, “MOM 100”, which I totally wish had existed when my kids were growing up.