Candy Evans

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

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Snatches the Russell Rhodes Team in Flower Mound from KW

By Candy Evans / November 4, 2016 /

With a purchase price rumored (but not substantiated) to be in the seven figures, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty Texas has purchased a Flower Mound powerhouse agent and associates, all formerly of Keller Williams’s Preston Road office in Plano. Russell Rhodes, one of the five top producing Keller Williams agents in the world for the…

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Agent & Columnist Len Bourland Pens Park Cities Tell-All

By Candy Evans / November 3, 2016 /

I have known, and loved, Len Bourland for a long time. We were both writers, mothers, and married to physicians when we met back in the ’80s. Moving to Dallas from New York City, switching roles from working producer to freelancing mom, was sort of shocking to my then much younger system. Meeting Len was…

Dallas Realtor Shot & Killed in Dallas Parking Lot Was Selling iPhone Through “OfferUp”

By Candy Evans / November 2, 2016 /

Martha Alice Teran, a Dallas Realtor with Dallas-based Gilchrist & Company, was shot to death in the parking lot of Medieval Times Sunday night. Teran, age 42, was apparently helping her daughter sell an iPhone 7 though the “OfferUp” exchange ap: Teran’s family said Monday there were likely three suspects and when they contacted Teran…

Ebby Halliday’s Strong Growth Means Reinvestment in Company, New Offices Throughout DFW

By Candy Evans / November 2, 2016 /

The unprecedented growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market is buoying one local brokerage, which in turn is reinvesting in offices and agents. Ebby Halliday is one of the largest and most dynamic brokerages in North Texas with 31 offices, over 1,800 agents, and 12 percent of the market. “We just had a fine…

Beautifully LOADED Westlake Estate Will Make Everyone FLOCK to Texas!

By Candy Evans / November 1, 2016 /

Last week, about 7,000 real estate execs were in North Texas for the Urban Land Institute’s fall conference, a very big industry deal. Top of the talk was why so many corporations were moving to Texas. “We decided this was a great place — it’s got all the right stuff,” David Arena, head of global…