Candy Evans

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

Paul J. Williams: Getting to Make Ebby Halliday Laugh!

By Candy Evans / September 11, 2015 /

It was sheer joy! says Paul.

David Griffin: Ebby Halliday Masterminded the Best Brokerage Practices, Set Gold Standard for Decades

By Candy Evans / September 11, 2015 /

Ebby should be given credit as a founder for developing and masterminding the best practices for the brokerage of of residential real estate in the post WWII era.  Her style and business model became the gold standard for brokerage companies in the ensuing decades.  The emphasis that the Ebby Halliday Company put on agent education,…

Kyle Crews: Ebby Halliday Taught Me to Always Put My Clients First — That’s ONE Secret to Her Success

By Candy Evans / September 10, 2015 /

My relationship with Ebby started when I was a small child.   Ebby’s brother, Paul Hanson, married my Dad’s sister, Fran Crews Hanson. Paul served as President of Ebby Halliday Realtors for a period of time and was instrumental in building the Company to what it is today, fyi. Back in the1960s Ebby would come visit…

Remembering Ebby: She Loved & Inspired the Millennials

By Candy Evans / September 10, 2015 /

“Meeting Ebby in 2012 at one of Candace ‘s events was definitely a moment I cherish! Her energy was magnetic, her smile genuine.”Andrea Gonzaba of Dallas City Center.

Alice Walton Lists Rocking W Ranch With Williams Trew, an Ebby Halliday Company, for $19.75m

By Candy Evans / September 10, 2015 /

I heard this might be happening: Alice Walton has decided to sell her Rocking W Ranch in Millsap, Texas, out in Palo Pinto County. One of the billionaire heirs to the famed WalMart fortune has listed the ranch with the Fort Worth ranch sales king himself, Allen Crumley of Williams-Trew, an Ebby Halliday company, for…