Candy Evans

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

A Step Back in Time: 5203 Westgrove, a Life Between Two Golf Courses

By Candy Evans / December 15, 2024 /

At the northwest tip of the city of Dallas is an area that evokes the Dallas of yesteryear — sophisticated, elegant, embracing outdoor living in all it’s glory: treed, verdant, spacious yet cozy. Homes were designed to meld into the landscape. Secure: parts of far north Dallas are some of the safest nooks in the…

A Stepping Stone to Home Ownership: Why People are Renting at East Love (and Loving It)

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2024 /

There is a time in your life when you may be on the fence about buying a home. You are growing weary of apartment life -— especially the elevators and noise. Yet you are not quite ready for a home, either because the thought is overwhelming or you just cannot afford the down payment. Enter…

Jerry Mooty on Compass Acquisition of @properties and Christie’s: ‘We Did Not Get Bought’

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2024 /

About that @properties and Christie’s International Real Estate acquisition by Compass announced Monday … We had plenty of questions, so we turned to who I consider the face of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate in Texas, Jerry Mooty, for an in-depth discussion on what this acquisition means for North Texas real estate. Compass announced on…

Briggs Freeman’s Annual Chili Cook-Off: Here’s What’s in Those Secret Recipes

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2024 /

This is the SECOND year Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International has invited me to their sleek Turtle Creek offices to judge what is now becoming the most fun event of the year: the annual Halloween costume and chili cook-off. The costumes are fab, my favorite still being Maria Cintron’s Frieda Kahlo-inspired look, right down to her…

A Private Resort in the Heart of Downtown Fort Worth is Residential, Commercial … or Both!

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2024 /

For Lee Rogers and Yvonne Rubenstein, it has always been about downtown Fort Worth. They met in downtown Fort Worth, and blazed the way to true urban living before New Urbanism became a buzz word.  “When we met, we were both residents of Sundance West,” says Yvonne. “I was a buyer for Pier 1 Imports traveling the world. Lee had…