Candy Evans

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

Lazee Agent: Are We Selling the House or the Car(s)????

By Candy Evans / April 30, 2012 /

THINK we are selling the house, but it’s hard to tell here. Someone please teach this agent how to hire a photographer! Oh, and while you are at it, pick up the trash before you snap!

USA Film Festival Brings Stars to Dallas Real Estate: “Your Houses Are Amazing!”

By Candy Evans / April 29, 2012 /

Thought you saw some celebs zipping around town this weekend? It was movie week in Dallas, and film lovers enjoyed great screenings at the Angelika from the 42nd annual USA Film Festival, the city’s oldest festival, notably a restored digital print of Marcel Carné’s Children of Paradise, the original True Grit (with Kim Darby in attendance), and a screening of the beloved The Princess Bride, part of a tribute to Rob Reiner, also in attendance.

Something Significant Happened This Past Week In Dallas Real Estate: the WSJ Almost Said It’s Miller Time, Here

By Candy Evans / April 28, 2012 /

To a real estate junkie like me, this was almost as exciting as getting a new Porsche: People are starting to get wise about Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller report. Did you notice that numbers came out this week, Monday in fact, the news was pretty bleak IN SOME LOCALES, but no one (here, at least) freaked out? Then the…

Is CandysDirt.com the Best (Non Traditional Media) Blog in Dallas? We Need Your Vote!

By Candy Evans / April 26, 2012 /

It’s time for the Best of Big D voting again, and this year the good folks at D Magazine have a category for best blogs (published by a non-traditional media outlet). While CandysDirt.com was not included in the original line-up, editor Jason Heid kindly suggested we launch a write-in campaign! So I need your help! We…

What Are The Most Unfaithful Neighborhoods in Dallas? (You Know What I’m Talking About… Where the Spouse is a Louse)

By Candy Evans / April 26, 2012 /

Comes word from The New York Post that the richest neighborhoods in New York are the ones where the most cheating goes on, apparently. The New York Post called in Noel Biderman, he the CEO of the site AshleyMadison.com… if you don’t know what that is, you’ve lived in the Bible Belt too long! (It’s a…