Candy Evans

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

HGTV’s Vern Yip Loves Second Homes

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2011 /

I caught up with Vern Yip, star of HGTV’s way popular design shows, when he popped in to visit I.O. Metro up near the Dallas Galleria last week. Yip has a new partnership with the Little Rock, Arkansas-based store that offers a wide variety of stylish, sleek but hip, good-looking and comfortable home furnishings at…

Dallas Real Estate Market Report: Facts & Figures, Not Crane Counting

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2011 /

Thinking of buying a house in Dallas but wonder when the sweet spot really hits? Last week, the Financial Times blessed us with a rather simple-minded story on how much better our economy is faring in Dallas. The criteria? A crane-count. (Last time I was in Manhattan, there were a ton of cranes there, too.)…

Dallas Real Estate Market Report: Facts & Figures, Not Crane Counting

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2011 /

Thinking of buying a house in Dallas but wonder when the sweet spot really hits? Last week, the Financial Times blessed us with a rather simple-minded story on how much better our economy is faring in Dallas. The criteria? A crane-count. (Last time I was in Manhattan, there were a ton of cranes there, too.)…

Dallas Real Estate News: Troy’s House Story

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2011 /

Alan Peppard had the history of the Aikman property over on Highland in his column yesterday, and it brought me flash-backs of the day I heard, way back in 2004, that Aikman had bought an old home on a primo Highland Park corner. The story was that the house was not on the market, but…

Troy Aikman’s House Listed Today for $27.5 Million: Dallas Celebrity Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2011 /

Update: While Troy’s house was initially listed for $27.5 million, on Monday May 23rd the price was changed in MLS to $24 million, as we have explained in subsequent stories. We all wondered when it would happen, and today’s the day. Allie Beth Allman just inked the listing for Troy Aikman’s 10,520 square feet on…