Candy Evans

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

Candy Sale of the Week: Covet This Garden of Eden on Edlen. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 29, 2011 /

We used to live within a block of this fabulous home, back when the grand homes built in the 1930’s and 1940’s filled the yummy one acre plus lots of Old Preston Hollow. Slowly, over the last 10  to 15 years, the older homes have come down and the new ones have gone up. BTW:…

Case Shiller Speaks: DFW Home Prices Up From Spring, But Down From 2010

By Candy Evans / September 28, 2011 /

The good news is that home prices rose for a fourth straight month in most major U.S. cities in July, from June, no shocker because we’ve just emerged from the busiest buying season. And that includes Dallas — a whole point (.3) 3%. The bad news is that when you look at last year, home prices are…

Is There Life in the House? You Betcha: Dallas High Rise Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 28, 2011 /

So today Bobby Dhillon of dblifestyles was our “Hot Property”, showcasing Dallas’ newest condo, The House. So new is The House, and so bad the timing with the economy, we wonder just who’s living there. Bobby says almost 25% occupied, but I unearthed a story about an original buyer — buyers — who have been living…

Hot Property: Bobby Dhillon

By Candy Evans / September 28, 2011 /

I’m not talking about what they sell, I am talking about who they are — the hottest real estate agents in Dallas. The real “hot properties”. Consumers have asked me for years: who are the best real estate agents in town? Hard to answer because we are blessed with so many. The only way to…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Two Bedrooms, Two Baths Kicking It Up on Kirkwood. Affordable Dallas Real Estate

By Candy Evans / September 27, 2011 /

Get out the smelling salts! This puppy at 635 Kirkwood has been reduced from $249,900 to $199,900 — that’s almost $50,000 big ones chopped right off the block. Actually, it IS $50,000 big ones off. This house may be under contract by the time I hit “publish”. You cannot get cuter, and again, more proof…