Candy Evans

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

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,…

Republican Debates Real Estate Rant: Herman Cain Harrasses Dodd-Frank. What’s Wrong With Dodd-Frank? “Mr. Dodd and Mr. Frank”

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2011 /

Herman Cain is growing as my favorite Republican candidate (only when it comes to real estate, unfortunately we do not agree on several social issues) because of the smart remarks he has made in all the Republican debates about repairing our housing mess. Too bad he’s either (a) a bad boy, one of those men…

Where I Will Be Tonight: Shopping in the Design District. Free and Open to the Public. (Do Not Tell My Husband!)

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2011 /

So many great designer bargains await me tonight at the IFDA Silent Auction benefitting all their fine work as well as Dwell With Dignity. Latest goodies to bid on: Brown Jordan Zephyr outdoor furniture, a beautiful mixed media epoxy resin piece by Houston artist, Blakely Bering,  donated by La Montage Fine Art Gallery and retails for $1,000.   Pots,…