Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
News from Ebby Halliday: Catherine Sims has been named Vice President of Core Services for the Ebby Halliday Companies. Core services are real estate related companies and, well, services that touch and enhance the real estate transaction. They are necessary, but you usually have to shop around for them. Ebby’s affiliated core-service companies available to…
At first, I thought this was a new home. But no no no. The home was built in 1929. In 2008, the owners embarked on one of those “take it to the studs” type remodels, completely changing the interiors, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, expanding a bit, and bringing in crucial updates. Additional improvements were made in 2018, including a restored slate roof. But every charming, aesthetic and architectural element worth saving from the original home was saved and cherished. So the home has wonderful formals, as homes back then did, but also a modern, open floor plan (great for entertaining) in the more casual living areas. And yes, original glass door knobs…
I’m a wee skeptical of The National Association of Home Builders 2018 survey of “thousands of U.S. homebuyers” for must-haves. I have no doubt these things were tops on consumer’s wish list, and were accurately reported. I just think housing preferences are more regional. And this list is too national. These are features buyers ranked…
I call 4421 Purdue a Broody Hen house. Why? I had a salad by that name tonight at Streets Fine Chicken, and it was deelish. I asked what a “Broody hen” was, after I consumed the salad, of course. It’s a hen that sits on her eggs until they hatch. And protects them. Apparently, hens…
It wasn’t too long ago that Jon Anderson and I joked about how expensive Dallas housing was getting — he having a home in Honolulu, me having kids in the Bay area. Pretty soon, we said, affordable housing for Dallas will be found in Waxahachie. We were not joking! Take a gander at…
