Candy Evans

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

Aldredge House: What If You Woke Up One Day to Find a For Sale Sign in Your Yard?

By Candy Evans / September 11, 2015 /

David Schechter of WFAA-TV first caught wind of this:  a handful of neighbors near Aldredge House at 5500 Swiss Avenue are complaining the weddings there are simply too wild. It’s no longer “rose petals and rice”, they say, but rather sparklers, fireworks and LED balloons, with underwear (bras and thongs!) sometimes flung in their yards.…

Ebby Halliday: Our Doors Will Always be Open

By Candy Evans / September 11, 2015 /

Hi Candice – I wanted to share this with you. You are welcome to share it as you wish! I keep this note of kindness on my desk as inspiration and a reminder of how one gesture of kindness can encourage others. I was so humbled 13 years ago when I opened this note and…

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…