Candy Evans

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

Do Your Trees Still Have a Pulse? Because the Texas Drought Is Picking Them Off Like Flies

By Candy Evans / September 16, 2011 /

This is a giant, beautiful tree that rose majestically over the triangle in our neighborhood. It’s gone. Dead. Yesterday morning, it split and fell over onto the street. Thankfully, it did not hit a car, jogger, child or pet. I’m a little miffed. A neighbor tells me she called the City of Dallas and Lind…

Nantucket

By Candy Evans / September 16, 2011 /

In 2006 Forbes reported that Nantucket had the highest median property value of any Massachusetts zip code. Prices are softer now on this island with the nation’s highest concentration of pre-Civil War structures, which is often loaded with Texans escaping the heat. A second home buyer wants the sight, sound and scent of the ocean…

Will The Dallas Star’s Bankruptcy Mean Tom Hicks is Downsizing? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 16, 2011 /

Update: It seems all these sports teams buying, selling and going belly-up are very good for the local real estate market. Remember, it brought Chuck Greenberg to Vaquero! So, the Dallas Stars have filed a bankruptcy package that will ease them out of some debt and hopefully smooth the way for a possible sale to Vancouver-based…

The Bellas Will Pay Your Principle and Interest for One Full Year: Southwest Fort Worth Land Developers Going Gangbusters Because That’s Where The Jobs Are

By Candy Evans / September 16, 2011 /

More developers are circumventing both builders and realtors and selling directly to the consumer to adapt to today’s credit crunch. And, it works! Before the bust, I had heard that southwest Fort Worth was the fastest growing segment of what some call the Metroplex — this conglomeration of communities that comprise Dallas-Fort Worth. There was…

What’s New on CandysDirt?

By Candy Evans / September 16, 2011 /

A whole lot of House Candy this week, so be sure to check it out. Meantime, I’ve got some to-die for vaca homes coming your way.