Candy Evans

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

Renter/Deadbeat Nation: Dallas Fort Worth Rents Have Risen by 4%. Is That Good News for Dallas Housing Sales?

By Candy Evans / November 18, 2011 /

We know one thing for sure: the rental market in Dallas/Fort Worth is heating up. And guess who’s taking full advantage? Apartment landlords. Steve Brown says (yes, behind the pay wall) landlords are betting that the buying market will stay down long  — or not recover soon enough — to benefit their industry. “The train wreck…

Hot Property: Pillow Talk

By Candy Evans / November 18, 2011 /

  Beverly Pitchford is this week’s Hot Property — Beverly is an agent with Briggs-Freeman who keeps Real Estate all in the family: she’s married to Joseph F. Pitchford, senior vice president Crescent Real Estate Equities, LLC, besides being beautiful, fun, & very sharp knows her right of way… CD: So Beverly, your name sounds…

Candy Sale of the Week: Maybe Rick Perry Wants to Live on A Cul-De-Sac, Too?

By Candy Evans / November 18, 2011 /

10045 Surrey Oaks is one of those dream locations in Preston Hollow where you are buying about the most blue chip land available. This is like buying IBM stock in 1985 or Apple in 1998. You are getting 1.5 acres on a cul-de-sac off Walnut Hill Lane and Inwood and it will always be coveted…

Terrell Owens Azure Condo Being Sold as a Short Sale

By Candy Evans / November 16, 2011 /

I’m talking the BIG one in the process of being sold, the 3559 square foot one that was listed at $2,250,000 and reduced to $1.6 — God what a STEAL for that unit on the 20th floor. (The smaller one TMZ was referring to, I think, is still waiting for a buyer. They got it…

On the Second Home Radar: Moab, Utah — Edward Abbey’s Hometown a Future Santa Fe? Second Home News

By Candy Evans / November 15, 2011 /

I had not heard about Moab, Utah, until a friend emailed me the home he is selling there. First of all, gotta love Utah. We used to ski there every year when our children were younger and I fell in love with the state. In fact, that may be when my love affair with second…