Candy Evans

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

Adjacent to Midway Hollow, Find Gorgeous New Construction for So Much Less

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2017 /

We all know Midway Hollow is hot. New construction there easily costs $800K, pricing many people out of their dream build in that neighborhood.  Look a few blocks away to Walnut Hill Estates and find the opportunity to own a custom home by for so much less! The modern build at 3544 Linda Dr. will help define…

Property Brothers Scout Dallas, Almost Miss Plane After So Many Autographs!

By Candy Evans / October 5, 2017 /

Don’t be surprised if you see a few D/FW properties popping up on a future episode(s) of Property Brothers. Metrotex Association of Realtors brought the dapper Drew and Jonathan Scott to Texas Tuesday morning to share insights with North Texas Realtors, associates, and friends for a breakfast at the Renaissance Hotel. They spoke, took photos,…

Open This Door: Almost 4,000 Sunny Square Feet, Only $277,000 with Opendoor

By Candy Evans / October 4, 2017 /

You are sure going to want to Open the Door of this charmer at 8029 Dusty Way, Fort Worth, that proves how darn tootin’ much house you can have in Texas for, well, dust. Or maybe peanuts. Proof right here: this two-story Fort Worth wonder listed with Opendoor, the San Francisco-based startup that is disrupting the…

Ebby Halliday Companies Continue to Dominate DFW Real Estate Market

By Candy Evans / October 4, 2017 /

Lots of real estate brokerages try to claim a top spot in DFW, but numbers don’t lie. The sales volume of the Ebby Halliday Companies puts them in the No. 1 spot in North Texas, with $7.8 billion in 2016 sales, according to MLS data.  Comprised of Dallas-based Ebby Halliday Realtors and Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate, as well as Fort…

JP and Associates Acquires Austin’s Private Label Realty

By Candy Evans / October 4, 2017 /

I remember the first time I met J.P. Piccinini at his office in Plano. He was hosting a Realtor event, a ribbon cutting, with special guest Fredrick Eklund, the Swedish-born New York City real estate broker, Bravo TV reality star of Million Dollar Listing,  former IT entrepreneur in his native Sweden, and non-fiction writer. He told me to go get a…