Candy Evans

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

Why I am Supporting David Kunkle for Mayor and Yes, It Has To Do With His House

By Candy Evans / May 14, 2011 /

I posted the homes of the top three mayoral candidates– apologies to Ed Okpa, because he is not in the top third, maybe next election — because I thought it would be fun to look at what their homes say about their persona. Then I discovered the “conditions”, or CDU of each candidate’s home —…

Dallas Commercial Real Estate Not-So-Hot News: Is Comerica Bank Tower in Trouble?

By Candy Evans / May 13, 2011 /

The Dallas commercial real estate market may not be as healthy as some fluffers would have us believe. The other night, Tina Brown told a packed audience at SMU’s Tate Lecture Series that every business is struggling today — struggling to stay afloat, struggling to figure out the new world of marketing via web and…

Doris Jacobs Looking Ravishing, Racking Up More Real Estate Deals

By Candy Evans / May 13, 2011 /

The first thing I noticed is that gorgeous Marc Jacobs gold necklace! Not only is Doris smiling at Thursday’s Nexus luncheon because she loves that necklace, the real estate diva just put 3611 Beverly (asking $4,925,000 reduced from $5,895,000) under contract, this on top of selling Braden Power’s home ($7 millionish) on Turtle Creek to…

Jenna and Barbara Bush Charm Dallas Hometown at Nexus Luncheon

By Candy Evans / May 13, 2011 /

I got a chance to chat with Jenna and Barbara Bush at Thursday’s Nexus luncheon, where I asked Jenna how the sale of the town home is going. Seems the national housing market’s double dip dip dip is affecting the former First Daughter as well. “We just reduced it,” she told me. The Baltimore townhome…

Dallas Celeb Real Estate News: Candice Crawford and Tony Romo Staying Put in Cottonwood Valley

By Candy Evans / May 12, 2011 /

Ran into precious Candice Crawford today, that emerald-shaped rock of Gibraltar¬† flashing on her finger (“Didn’t he do well,” she said, “and all on his own!”), at the Nexus Recovery Center luncheon featuring Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager today at Union Station. (Candice put on the Q&A, her heartthrob Tony came to lunch…