Candy Evans

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

Dear Steve Brown: Since When is a Six Month Housing Supply a Bad Thing?

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2011 /

Dallas Realtors, for the most part, call Steve Brown negative Nellie. He knows this, and almost delights in it. But I’m a little concerned he went too far in his latest story that shouts out “For Home Sellers, It’s Getting Tougher in Dallas.” First of all, this story will get on a Google feed and…

What Can You Buy Your Valentine the Night Before Valentine’s Day?

By Candy Evans / February 13, 2011 /

Try a $29 million house, or at least a sneak peak into one of the bedrooms — the only room likely to get any real use in all that square footage. Nothing would turn me on more than a bedroom with sweeping views of the water — in this case, the Atlantic: a 29,000 waterfront…

Double Taxing? Think Twice About Having a Second Home in New York State:

By Candy Evans / February 13, 2011 /

If you own a second home in New York but don’t work there, you may soon be taxed like those who do, even on income made outside of the state. I love New York City and would be there every other week if I could. But I doubt I’d ever own property there, or could…

Were Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (and Kiddos) Slumming it on Beverly Drive During Super Bowl XVL?

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2011 /

The rumor was rampant in Dallas real estate circles last week that Angelina Jolie, Brad and all the kiddos had leased a house on Beverly Drive for the weekend while in town for the Super Bowl. This house. The home is a Dave Perry-Miller listing at 3911 Beverly, listed for $7,995,000. I checked it out…

Brooklyn Decker’s “Just Go With It”: Is That What She’s Saying About her Austin Home?

By Candy Evans / February 12, 2011 /

Now here’s the perfect first, second or third home for your Valentine. Brooklyn Decker is a gorgeous super model married to Andy Roddick, and they live in Austin. She is also the star of a new film out just this weekend called “Just Go With It“, the story of a plastic surgeon who convinces his…