Candy Evans

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

Monday Morning Martin Luther King Millionaire: Rockbrook Rocks Two Bedrooms in 5,000 Plus Square Feet

By Candy Evans / January 17, 2012 /

I have watched, no, stalked, this home at 9839 Rockbrook for a long, long time hoping it might descend into a downward price cycle spiral and end up under $2 million so I might could buy it. But that, my dear readers, is just California Dreamin’ on my part. Where do I begin? Maybe by wiping…

Friday Five Hundred: Fabulous Find on Mmmm Streets for $539,000

By Candy Evans / January 13, 2012 /

We all love the Mmmmmm Streets, as I call them. Here is an angel at 6232 McCommas just waiting in the wings: updated home in absolute move in, mint condition. Cape cod style with dormers makes you think it’s nestled in Connecticut or even The Hamptons. Still, you get about 2500 square feet of southern charm in this…

Steven Breed is Apparently Breeding Open House Trouble, Again

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2012 /

Remember Steven Breed? The Open House jewel thief may be scouting open houses with sticky fingers again. Plano police are warning all North Texas real estate agents that Breed, who is out of the slammer, may be back to his old tricks. He is suspected of stealing personal belongings from homes. For the last two years, agents have…

Justin Leonard’s Home on Turtle Creek is Listed for $6.8: Candy’s Sale of the Week

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2012 /

Though you won’t find a putting green, you will find everything else your heart could possibly want or even dream of having in this 8696 square foot Brookside Estates honey at 7048 Turtle Creek Lane. Where do I even begin? Pour a glass of wine and flip through this link: I cannot find a favorite room.…

Thursday Three Hundred: Sizzling, Sexy Style in Glen Cove Lifts You Out of the Usual Ranch Experience

By Candy Evans / January 12, 2012 /

Oh now this is one reason why ranches are coming back in vogue. This home just west of the Disney Streets in North Dallas will get her claws on you and never let go. 3918 Royal Pams Drive, pretty street name. Remodeled by Baxter Anderson Construction, it is probably at the top of the finish-out spectrum…