Candy Evans

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

A Second Home For Dogs, Too: Dallas Real Estate for Pampered Pets

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2011 /

I’ve heard about this place from my Chicago buds: Paradise 4 Paws, a resort for pooches located at O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago. Paradise 4 Paws DFW , which opened just ten days ago, is  a state-of-the-art, cage-free, crate-free pet resort offering Pet Massage Therapy, Personal Cuddle Time, and Vanilla Paw Soaks. It is conveniently located near the airport…

Bree Says She Deserves a Second Home, Too: Dallas Real Estate for Dogs

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2011 /

I’ve heard about this place from my Chicago buds: Paradise 4 Paws, a resort for pooches located at O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago. Paradise 4 Paws DFW , which opened just ten days ago, is  a state-of-the-art, cage-free, crate-free pet resort offering Pet Massage Therapy, Personal Cuddle Time, and Vanilla Paw Soaks. It is conveniently located near the airport…

Friday Four Hundred: Tudor on Vanderbilt Is History on the Outside, 21st Century on the Inside

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2011 /

Happy Friday! It’s almost time for the weekend, and you know what that means: open houses! (I’ve got some amazing homes coming up for you to scout, plus home tours…) I really think $400,000 is the magic number in Dallas real estate to snag a really great house. Case in point: 5542 Vanderbilt. A picture perfect Tudor…

This Home’s Claim To Fame: It Talks! Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2011 /

Now here is a very useful trick: this home talks to you! Kind of like having Siri in your house 24/7. Whenever you open or close a main door, it tells you that you have opened or closed a door. No kidding! This can be very useful information if you, say, forget that you have opened or…

Republican Debates and Housing: They Are All Basically Clueless. Especially Michele Bachman

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2011 /

I LOVE this column from HousingWire. As I said earlier, I think “maybe bad boy” Herman Cain is the only Repub candidate who has said anything remotely intelligent about solving the nation’s housing crisis, which is a major constipator of our economy: housing is 5 or 6% of the GDP. Nationally foreclosures are on their way up,…