Candy Evans

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

Heritage Auctions Luxury Real Estate Parties at 3908 Euclid for Jubilee Park in Fair Park

By Candy Evans / December 8, 2016 /

Last Wednesday, we were just starting to feel a bit lighter on the scales after a weekend of eating turkey, or whatever your favorite Thanksgiving indulgence happened to be. Heritage Auctions Luxury Real Estate threw open the doors at 3908 Euclid, the Dallas-based auction house’s next big luxury real estate auction that happens NEXT WEEK!…

Sales Up 26 Percent in November: Could Police & Fire Pension Plan Mess Screw Up Our Real Estate Roll?

By Candy Evans / December 8, 2016 /

Our real estate market has never been better. North Texas sales were up 26% in November. Our median home price is now $230,000. Yeah, the trophy home sales are a little soft, but  our region saw some of the biggest property price/value increases in the country in September, just three months ago. We are up a…

December 15 Deadline Looms for Realtors to Enroll in 2017 Health Insurance Plans

By Candy Evans / December 7, 2016 /

To immediately get started finding your plan, click HERE or continue reading.   Been putting off the headache of finding health insurance for 2017? Who can blame you when there is a party every night, trees to be decorated and cards to be written and mailed. But the deadline is looming: Dec. 15 is the last…

Dallas City Council Agenda for Dec. 7: Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund All Day Long

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2016 /

This is one of the biggest pickles Dallas, or really any U.S. city, has been in. As we have mentioned, the police and fire pension is asking the taxpayers of Dallas to make up a $1.1 billion shortfall. At the same time, the police are SUING Dallas for $4 illion in back pay, IF they…

Mayor Rawlings Files Lawsuit to Stop Police & Fire Pension System Bleeding: Bad for Our Real Estate Market?

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2016 /

How badly has our real estate market been harmed by this news? Why did he wait until now, or was Rawlings’ timing impeccable? The news about Dallas’s Police and Fire Pension System goes from bad to worse. And it continues to be negative national news that could potentially hurt our housing market. In particular, the…