Candy Evans

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

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.…

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…