Candy Evans

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

At Home With Dirk Nowitzki: Dallas Celebrity Real Estate Playoffs

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2011 /

March 13, 2008. I had heard rumblings that a very tall German basketball player whose name rhymes with “whiskey” had bought a five-bedroom, six bath Colonial-revival property gigunda prop on Strait Lane, a.k.a. Billionaires Row, with very tall ceilings — I mean, tall! — for just under $8 million. Then I got confirmation: Dave Perry-Miller was…

Dallas Mav Dirk Nowitzki Purchasing Strait Lane Estate

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2011 /

March 13, 2008. I had heard rumblings that a very tall German basketball player whose last name rhymes with “whiskey” had bought a five-bedroom, six-bath Colonial-revival gigunda prop on Strait Lane, a.k.a. Billionaires Row, with very tall ceilings — I mean, tall! — for just under $8 million. Then I got confirmation: Dave Perry-Miller was…

So How Dumb Is It To Own a House If Almost One-Third of all US Home Sales are Distressed Properties?

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2011 /

Looking at the U.S. housing market, sales of bank-owned properties accounted for 28% of all U.S. residential sales in quarter one of 2011. That’s worse than last year by one percentage point, and up from 27% in the fourth quarter. This from RealtyTrac in its 1Q 2011 survey. The California-based foreclosure data firm says the…

The Real Estalker (Mama) + Candy Evans = BFF

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2011 /

Mama’s got the scoopola on the Aikman estate and even unearthed some things I had no idea of! God, “she’s” good. Like didjaknow: “Mister and Missus Aikman acquired the first parcel of their two-lot compound in April of 2004. A few minutes research did not turn up a sale price but public records Your Mama…

Toronto Woman Wins Sex Discrimination Ruling Against (Former) Staubach Company

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2011 /

There’s no such thing as sexual discrimination in male-oriented businesses, right? Kathrine Farris was 26 years old in 1997 when she began working for a Toronto commercial real estate company that entered into a licensing agreement with The Staubach Company. Name sound familiar? It’s the Dallas-based real estate firm founded by former NFL star quarterback…