Candy Evans

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

Best Home Squatter Story Ever: The Man Who Paid $16 Bucks for a $330,000 Texas House

By Candy Evans / September 1, 2011 /

I’ve got this over on CandysDirt.com, but will serve it up for you right here, too. This is just too important a story for anyone who’s obsessed with real estate. The Flower Mound house is great, don’t get me wrong, but when I squat, it’s going to be Pebble Beach

The Man Who Paid $16 for a House: The Texas Squatter Story

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2011 /

Leslie Minora over at The Dallas Observer has done what I wanted to do — written a great, in-depth story about Ken Robinson, the Flower Mound Squatter who filed an affadavit, paid $16 and then proceeded to squat in a $350,000 Flower Mound McMansion. It’s the Dallas real estate, no wait, the Texas real estate,…

The Sunday Times of London Is Sneaking Up On Rick Perry. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2011 /

  “In London, you’re only a somebody if your phone’s been hacked.” There was a fund raiser for Rick Perry last night at The Fairmont, and a darling Brit snuck in from The Sunday Times of London. Her name is Christina Lamb, she’s the Washington Bureau Chief of The Sunday Times, and a brilliant, seasoned, dynamo reporter…

Foreclosure Facts: Most DFW Homes Posted for Foreclosure are $200,000 and Below

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2011 /

A few quick facts from Foreclosure Listing Service that should help us catch our breath as we listen to the barrage of depressing national stats coming down the pike. But here in Dallas: “The average Joe is still the one feeling the pains of this foreclosure crisis.” “83% of the homes posted for foreclosure so far…

4949 Swiss Avenue, Mary Ellen Bendtsen’s Home, Under Contract AGAIN

By Candy Evans / August 31, 2011 /

Update: the house closes on Friday! Stay tuned for an interview with the new owners! Remember the story in the Dallas Morning News, fall ’06, way before pay walls and the market crash about the once-glamorous model, Mary Ellen Bendtsen, with a big home on Swiss Avenue? She was reportedly coerced by two designers, Mark McCay and…