Candy Evans

Winter Spring Summer and Fall, All You Have To Do is Call — Carole King’s Idaho Ranch Now a Blue Light Special

By Candy Evans | August 30, 2011 |

The price has been slashed from $16 million to just $11.5 for this amazing ranch spread one hour and a half north of the sleepy Ketchum/Sun Valley ski community of Hemingway fame. Located in the tiny town of Stanley, Idaho, and how cute is that name? (Not to be Debbie Downer, but Hemingway did commit suicide…

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Five Percent of the Nation’s Housing Units Qualify as Second Homes. But Where The Hec Are They?

By Candy Evans | August 29, 2011 |

VERY interesting story here from the National Association of Home Builders that tells us where most of the second homes in the United States are located. There are 6.9 million housing units that qualify as second homes — that’s about 5% of all the U.S. housing units. There are 26 counties where at least HALF…

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Great Open House Candy in Dallas: Don’t Be Koi About These Homes

By Candy Evans | August 28, 2011 | Comments Off on Great Open House Candy in Dallas: Don’t Be Koi About These Homes

Some really great open houses await you in Bluffview and Lakewood… details over on CandysDirt.com.

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The Richard Branson Caribbean Fire: Your Worst Second Home Nightmare

By Candy Evans | August 27, 2011 | Comments Off on The Richard Branson Caribbean Fire: Your Worst Second Home Nightmare

Not a good week for second home owners. Sir Richard Branson’s home in the Caribbean burned to the ground after being struck by apparant lightening while housing actress Kate Winslet and her children, and even Branson’s children, enjoyed the famous spread that has housed Oprah, among other VIPs, on a private island in the British Virgin Islands.…

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Wanna Know What’s Happening In Dallas Real Estate? Like This Mega Mega House Under Construction…

By Candy Evans | August 26, 2011 |

It’s a 20,000 foot heifer going up over on Inwood Road. Tune in to www.CandysDirt.comfor all the glorious deets!

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Arnold the Sperminator at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance: Maybe My Second Home WILL Be a Car

By Candy Evans | August 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Arnold the Sperminator at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance: Maybe My Second Home WILL Be a Car

Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance is like a SuperBowl for car enthusiasts. Me, I love vintage and collectible cars: love the lines, love the (revving) engines, love the interiors. Concours is a show and tell of whose collecting what and strutting the best. The grounds of the venerable Pebble Beach Golf Resort– the 18th hole of…

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