Candy Evans

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

Ebby Halliday No. 10 Nationwide

By Candy Evans / May 25, 2016 /

The just-released REAL Trends 500 list of the top residential real estate firms in the United States ranks Ebby Halliday Real Estate Inc. 10th in the nation based on closed sales volume. Ebby ranks No. 15 for closed transaction sides. The REAL Trends 500 is an annual report that identifies the country’s largest and most successful…

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate’s Nadine Meyer is Putting Her Stamp on Knox-Henderson

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2016 /

Nadine Meyer loves real estate so much, she didn’t even wait to finish college to get started selling it. During her senior year at the University of North Texas, Meyer initially was looking for a part-time marketing internship. As fate would have it, a family friend’s real estate business was looking for help. “That started my…

Inventory Down 21% in Dallas Fort Worth: Zillow

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2016 /

Where home prices are surging the most, and see how dwindling inventory affects that: Metropolitan Area Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) YoY Home Value Change Percent Inventory Change for All Homes Bottom-Tier Percent Inventory Change Middle-Tier Percent Inventory Change Top-Tier Percent Inventory Change Condo Percent Inventory Change Denver, CO $336,600 15.2% 0.1% -2.3% 15.3% -4.8%…

Should Parents Help Children Buy Their First House? 1 in 17 Silver Spooners Do Get Some Help…

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2016 /

Did your parents help you buy your first house? I know that down payment money is not supposed to be “borrowed,” but it can be a cash gift. Of course, with a Fannie Mae loan, you can put down as little as 3 percent for a down payment, but there are strict limits on the…

John and Cami Goff List Eagle Mountain Lake House, Mariposa del Lago, With “Morgan Stanley Green”

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2016 /

I had heard this was coming down the pike. The price is very interesting. You may recall that last fall, Fort Worth billionaire John Goff, a self-made man, and founder and CEO of Crescent Real Estate Holdings, and his wife Cami, were all set to sell their super fantastic lake property at Eagle Mountain Lake…