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 Honors Ellen Terry with Dallas Country Club Send Off

By Candy Evans / May 30, 2016 /

  The Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty team lauded and celebrated Ellen Terry at her retirement party on Thursday, May 26, at the Dallas Country Club. Ellen Terry is one of the grand dames of Dallas real estate. In more than 40 years of selling, she has closed more than $1 billion in North Texas real…

View From the Top: Museum Tower Penthouse on Party Line Real Estate

By Candy Evans / May 27, 2016 /

As we told you a few weeks ago, Museum Tower has now sold more than HALF of the luxury high end condo units available, and by the time you read this the number could be 55 percent or even 60. The sales team has pushed, but most buyers are just in love with the building…

Stoneleigh Residences Sell Model Unit, the One We JUST Toured in MARCH…

By Candy Evans / May 26, 2016 /

You may recall when we wrote about the very first model unit at The Stoneleigh Residences, unit 3C, elegant and sophisticated, just like the Hollywood Glam 22 story residence building itself. The Stoneleigh Residences are filling up very quickly over off Maple Avenue at Wolf Street,  I toured #3C, built out by TriArc Construction, the condo building…

Does Curbing the Car Culture Really Boost Residential Real Estate Values?

By Candy Evans / May 25, 2016 /

Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal (sub req.) on Sunday raised a sacreligious question: are the billions we are spending on light rail really worth it, especially real-estate wise? Los Angeles and other auto-heavy Sunbelt cities such as Phoenix, Denver and Charlotte, N.C., are building out expensive light rail systems costing billions of dollars, funded by…

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…