Candy Evans

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

How To Choose The Right Block…On The (Most Expensive) Street Where You Live

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2011 /

Bloomberg and Forbes are always doing these “most this, most that” lists and this time, they bring us the most expensive blocks in the U.S. — that is, the streets where the wealthiest live. The only Texas block to make the cut was number 7, Houston’s Afton Oaks and River Oaks. Otherwise, it’s Kenilworth, Ill;…

HGTV Coming to Texas!

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2011 /

You guys, get the popcorn ready: HGTV is coming to town to erase our city forever of bad design! First, it’s Real Estate Intervention. Cora Sue Anthony is coming home to her native Texas — she was born in South Dallas during Christmas — to get Dallas properties in ship-shape and show the world how…

House Porn Friday: A Stairway to Heaven, Plus Auto Art Gallery in Montecito, CA

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2011 /

I’m cheating on my house again, but it is totally worth it for this one. Oh my, oh my. I saw this house and it took my breath away. I cannot help my feelings. It was a total Jedediah Leland/Citizen Kane moment: this house is my “girl in the white dress”.¬† I immediately flashed back…

Former Dallas Cowboys Player Facing Mortgage Fraud Charges

By Candy Evans / March 2, 2011 /

A former Dallas Cowboys player, Godfrey Myles,¬† who was drafted in 1991 and played ’till 1996 and won three Super Bowls during his tenure, is facing federal charges in connection with an alleged $2.5 million mortgage fraud in Miami, Florida. The former NFL player plus two other Florida men, plus real estate broker David Lam…

Fearing Divorce: Can Remodeling a House Be Too Stressful on a Marriage?

By Candy Evans / March 2, 2011 /

Does the Dream Home lead to a nightmare? Comes word that Dean and Lynae Fearing are splitting. (But I love the way they are handling it — absolutely possible for grown ups to end a marriage and remain friends!) In August of 2009, they moved from their Devonshire digs to a larger, more expensive home…