Candy Evans

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

Former Detroit Mayor Does His Part to Keep Dallas Rental Real Estate Hopping, but is it On Taxpayer’s Dime?

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2011 /

Remember former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick  — he’s the one who pleaded guilty in 2008 to obstruction of justice charges, something to do with lying about the fact he was having an affair with a staffer, something about sexting — and then got five years in the slammer for violating terms of his probation? He has been gracing North…

Kwame Kilpatrick Keeps Up DFW Rental Market, Moving To a Bigger, Better Grand Prairie Pad — Detroit Asks Who’s Footing The Bill?

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2011 /

Remember former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick  — he’s the one who pleaded guilty in 2008 to obstruction of justice charges, something to do with lying about the fact he was having an affair with a staffer, something about sexting — and then got five years in the slammer for violating terms of his probation? He has been gracing North…

Is Dallas Becoming a Second Home Haven for Foreigners?

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2011 /

Not as much as Miami, where 60% of home sales now are pure, cold cash, much of it foreign.

Wealthy Buyers are Buying Vacation & Second Homes Like Hotcakes in Miami, Cali, Phoenix and Dallas!

By Candy Evans / November 14, 2011 /

Great piece in the New York Times recently telling you what I’ve been telling you: wealthy buyers are out snapping up deals on vacation properties. This is probably the best time ever to buy a second home. As the experts tell us, don’t buy it for any reason other than to enjoy and use it.…

Why Is TMZ Reporting that Terrell Owens Took a Bath on a 2600 Square Foot Condo? Let’s Get Our Dallas Real Estate News Straight, Please!

By Candy Evans / November 13, 2011 /

TMZ is reporting that Terrell Owens took a bath on his Azure condo: According to public documents, Owens paid $340,000 for the 2,600 square foot place back in 2006, right after he signed a $25 million contract with the Cowboys. Owens no longer works in Dallas … and probably won’t ever work in Dallas again…