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Multifamily Living Has Gone To The Dogs (And Cats)

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 14, 2025 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor Coming out of the pandemic and the isolation it created, pets went from companion status to family members. One in five families acquired a pet during the pandemic, and now 63% of families own a pet. For those uninitiated with Manhattan co-op boards, some boards actually have a 50-pound weight limit on…

Warning: Take This CandysDirt.com Reader Survey or the Site Goes to the Dogs

By Shelby Skrhak / June 28, 2024 /

We know you’ve got opinions — ForwardDallas, Old City Park, historic tear downs, or Dallas murder homes — you’ve got them all. So at our staff meetings, we discuss what you are discussing to understand who our readers are and what they’re reading based on analytics-driven data and a reader survey. Or we get distracted…

Take This Reader Survey or the Site Goes to the Dogs

By Shelby Skrhak / June 16, 2024 /

At CandysDirt.com, we’re quite fanatical about bringing you the most engaging and insightful content on Dallas/Fort Worth real estate. In fact, our staff meetings often devolve into a discussion about what content our readers want and what type of news they expect from us. Or a big Doodle love session while Candy tells us the…

Joanna England: Even Though I’m Leaving, Being Executive Editor Has Meant a Lot to Meme

By Joanna England / June 14, 2024 /

I was a new mother when Candy Evans approached me with the idea of growing her newly formed blog, CandysDirt.com, into a real estate news site that covered the North Texas region. The scope of her vision was inspiring, but I didn’t feel like I was ready to tackle a project so immense while I…

Letter From The Editor: In 2021, We Relished Sharing Your News. In 2022, We’ll Keep it Up.

By Joanna England / December 31, 2021 /

This past year was full of milestones for CandysDirt.com. We won awards, broke industry news, and helped our advertisers gain market share like never before — and we had great fun while doing it! Truly, 2021 was the year that our strategy shined while sharing all the great stories that our readers and sources sent…