Candy Evans

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

Luxury Family Living Is Exquisite in this Colleyville Home with Resort-style Grounds

By Candy Evans / September 19, 2018 /

Luxury family living takes on new meaning at one Colleyville house with resort-style outdoor living and over 6,000 square feet of interior space.  Located in the exclusive gated Castleton Manor community, the home at 6704 Ethridge Ct. is a custom build that sits on a 0.46-acre lot in a cul-de-sac. The neighborhood has a private park with…

Bungalo Chooses Dallas as First Direct-to-Consumer, Guarantee-Backed I-Buying Brand

By Candy Evans / September 18, 2018 /

It seems all the real estate disruptors are coming here, to North Texas, thanks to our healthy market. That’s why, today, a real estate platform called Bungalo is launching in Dallas and in Tampa, Florida. Bungalo focuses exclusively on the home-buying process and aims to give consumers a digital, streamlined, seamless i-buying experience. Hear them out: I…

Marriage of Modern and Traditional: Old Highland Park on the Outside, a Beverly Hills Surprise on the Inside

By Candy Evans / September 17, 2018 /

It’s no secret our market has simmered down from the overheated, boiling point frenzy of a year or so ago. And it’s not that the market isn’t healthy — according to multiple sources, the North Texas real estate market is among the healthiest in the nation. But to be honest, as we always are, the…

Find Your Fabulous Frisco Home with Local Experts Ebby Halliday

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2018 /

Frisco continues its rapid growth, adding around 37 new residents every day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It’s one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation, they reported in May. That makes real estate in this affluent northern suburb a hot ticket and luxury housing does quite well in Frisco — high-end, gated communities with…

Knock Soon to be Knocking on Doors in Texas With Trade-In Platform

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2018 /

  Yesterday, we learned that Opendoor snapped up discount brokerage Open Listings, giving the iBuyer platform company a huge foot up in not just the buying but the selling of real estate.   Today, we learn that Knock has expanded to Texas with the start-up’s first-ever Home Trade-In platform: buy and sell at same time,…