Candy Evans

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

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty Website Wins a National Award

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2024 /

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is used to sweeping any rankings of best agents. Now, North Texas’ most renowned luxury brokerage can add another best to its bragging rights: Its briggsfreeman.com was just named one of the top real estate sites in the entire United States. T3 Sixty, the respected strategic management consulting firm in the…

A Lively Story: Preston Hollow East Home of a Dallas Real Estate Legend Has a Beautiful Pool And a Money Tree

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2024 /

Whether you know the name Della Lively or not, Della knew you. She knew everyone. The late local real estate icon with the killer work ethic and equally killer hat collection had a sixth sense about buyers, sellers, and everybody else. She understood exactly what we liked and needed — often better than we did.…

Discovering Broken Bow And Hochatown: These Oklahoma Spots Are So Close, And Yet So Far

By Candy Evans / May 7, 2024 /

Our anniversary weekend this year commenced with a rainy March day, reminding me that I might have been a smart cookie to insist we marry in my hometown near Chicago those many, many years ago. No rain on the day, but it was Chicago: cold enough that I could wear a fur! Forty-four years we…

DCAD Review Board’s First Publicly Elected Directors Are on The May 4 Ballot

By Candy Evans / May 3, 2024 /

Tucked into the property tax reform passed last year was a change in the way the appraisal district’s board of directors is put in place. In the past, the board was comprised of appointees, usually made by the mayor or other political heavyweights, as well as county officials. Though the seats for the board of…

HomeServices of America Loses Supreme Court Bid to Toss Sitzer/Burnett Ruling Due to Arbitration Agreement

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2024 /

HomeServices of America, the parent company of Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Ebby Halliday Realtors, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate, and Williams Trew Real Estate, deserves a helluva lot of credit. Huge accolades. Though almost all other defendants (most major U.S. real estate brokerages) have settled the landmark Sitzer/Burnett Commissions verdict, agreeing to dole out millions…