Candy Evans

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

Dallas Leads the Country in Apartment Construction: Rental Market Better Than Ever

By Candy Evans / October 22, 2011 /

We know from the cranes: apartments are going up in Dallas like crazy. More than 7,200 apartments are being built in North Texas right now to satisfy the need for more rental housing. Most construction projects, like homes, are almost non-existent, the Home Builders Association has lost almost a third of its members, but construction workers are hammering…

Friday Four Hundred: Munger Place Hot Mama Has Double Masters, Loft, and a Friday Night Hot Tub REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE

By Candy Evans / October 21, 2011 /

The listing agent will die when I tell you this secret: these people want to sell this house. Bigtime. Turns out, they are beginning a new fun life with their second home which just happens to be a sailboat. So this 2938 square foot Munger Place mama has been reduced from $459,000 to $395,000 and…

Dallas Real Estate News Thrifty Three Hundred: This Home Makes Fairies Dance In Front Of My Eyes, & Warning: Use Birth Control

By Candy Evans / October 21, 2011 /

Yes, when I saw this house, I saw fairies dancing and I was (am) perfectly sober! How can you get cuter than this 2068 square foot, three bedroom, two bath, two living area cutie pie in Greenland Hills at 5534 Ridegdale? You get Stonewall Jackson Elementary School so the kids can do public at least until high school .…

A New Home for the SPCA Dallas, And a Porsche For Your Kitchen

By Candy Evans / October 21, 2011 /

My wonderful daughter, Cassie, is on the Board of the SPCA of Texas. She is all excited about a home — not her home exactly, but a new home for stray, home-less animals. The SPCA of Dallas opens a BRAND NEW, state-of-the-art facility in early January! That’s right: no more old Industrial Blvd. building! The new facility was made…

Rockitecture 2011: Say Yes To A Chair By Dr. No and Write Off Herman Cain’s 9-9-9

By Candy Evans / October 20, 2011 /

If you are looking for swanky, arty art, furniture or objets, I have a great big secret for you: get ’em all, and get ’em cheapo at Rockitecture’s SECOND annual swanky auction on Wednesday, October 26, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the cool Filter Building at White Rock Lake — 2810 White Rock Lane. Tickets are a mere $75…