Candy Evans

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

An Impressive Bluffview Home For a Family That Won’t Give You Sticker Shock

By Candy Evans / July 16, 2020 /

If you have longed to live in one of the most beautiful and frankly, most un-Dallas-like neighborhoods in town, line up a mortgage broker and hire a mover. A home has hit the market that you simply must see and snap up, if not for the land, but for the extreme potential. First of all,…

Drop Everything: Snag an Incredible Deal on This Carmel, CA 10-Acre Preserve at No Reserve Auction

By Candy Evans / July 7, 2020 /

First of all, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California. One of the most idyllic towns in the world, once mayored by Clint “make my day” Eastwood, Carmel’s most famous resident who, by the way, turns 90 this year but is still working and going strong: Around Carmel, Eastwood casts a long shadow, and not just because he’s six feet…

Real Talk: How Do We Clear Obstacles to Black Homeownership in Dallas?

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2020 /

It was a hot June, and I am not talking about the temperature. I am talking about the emotions in our cities. Just as we came out from under the Shelter-In-Place to keep Covid-19 under control, the nation was shocked by the murder of a Black man as he was arrested in Minneapolis, setting off…

This Custom-Built Beauty in University Park Takes You on a Trip Across the Pond

By Candy Evans / July 2, 2020 /

First impressions make an impact, and this home with English elegance dazzles from the start. Custom built, it was designed by architect Richard Drummond Davis and took two years to complete. No detail was overlooked. The result is a home that is almost like a piece of art with gorgeous high ceilings, rich materials, and…

A Calming, Organized House in Rockwall. You Will Call Movers the Minute You See It

By Candy Evans / June 26, 2020 /

Chad Hudson is an overachiever, and it shows in every square inch of his own home. Three years ago, the Rockwall-based home builder and his wife, a corporate attorney, built the home of their dreams in the influence of their favorite architectural moment — Midcentury Modern — culling elements from every Frank Lloyd Wright home…