Candy Evans

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

Fort Worth Friday: Charity Really Does Begin in Cow Town

By Candy Evans / November 13, 2015 /

by Eric Prokesh A Real Estate firm moniker doesn’t often provoke a swift u-turn (in routing and story choice) or a detailed inquiry into business plans, but driving by the choicely located Charitable Realty, at Camp Bowie and Clover Lane, I was provoked to do both. Charitable Realty, the inspiration of owner/founder, Lori Fowler, is…

More Details on the Sale of Allie Beth Allman & Associates to HomeServices of America: Nothing, Not Even Signs, Changing

By Candy Evans / November 12, 2015 /

I’ve got more details to share about the Allie Beth Allman & Associates sale after speaking to founders Allie Beth and Pierce Allman yesterday, and some additional insight from Ron Peltier, chairman and CEO of HomeServices of America, Inc., whom I spoke to briefly yesterday afternoon. There are so many questions about this game-changer in…

Breaking: Allie Beth Allman Sells to Warren Buffett Real Estate

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2015 /

Huge news in the Dallas high-end broker industry: Dallas’ own Allie Beth Allman & Associates has sold to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. I’ve suspected that something’s up with Allie Beth Allman & Associates for a couple of weeks now, but couldn’t put my finger on it. Last week, I got word that Allie Beth’s affiliation…

“O” Alert: We’ve Got a Mid Century Jewel on the Largest Lot in North Oak Cliff… Somewhere Over the rainbow!

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2015 /

Who needs sex when you have homes like 626 Rainbow? This mid century modern beauty comes on 2.1 acres in East Kessler nestled next to a stunning stone bluff that serious says Dorothy, we are not in Dallas anymore. We are in Austin or the low Texas Hill Country. Perched in the center of the…

Just In: Transwestern Development for Behind the Pink Wall Passes Dallas City Council 13 to 1!

By Candy Evans / November 10, 2015 /

Update: Here’s the video shown by Dodd Communications at today’s City Council meeting: Jon will have all the details in a bit, because he was there! Jennifer Gates of course recused herself, and Phillip Kingston was the lone City Council member voting against it, wanting to wait on Jennifer’s Task Force (the Tsk Tsk Force).…