Candy Evans

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

Bryan Hagen Opens His Own Appraisal Shop

By Candy Evans / July 30, 2015 /

We all know Bryan Hagen, who worked for renowned appraiser DW Skelton for almost 13 years, and helps us figure out this cray cray real estate market from time to time. Bryan has left Skelton & Associates to fulfill a dream of starting his own appraisal firm. It’s Hagen Appraisal Services and he is (sometimes)…

Museum Tower: the Highest Penthouse in Dallas is Now a Vision… and Priced at $24 Million… We Have ALL the Renderings!

By Candy Evans / July 29, 2015 /

  At the tip top of Museum Tower, 42 stories high in the air, is a 9,350 square foot space I was privileged to see about two years ago with a friend who was then considering a Dallas condo. The view is unlike any other in town, more special if you have lived most of…

Another Reason to Move to North Texas: Not as Many STD’s…

By Candy Evans / July 29, 2015 /

This map about STD statistics was created and produced by RentApplication.com . (Please share this map and leave the link intact.) We do a LOT of things better in DFW, and one of those appears to be practicing safe sex. Remind me not to use any potties the next time we drive through Killeen. (My…

Great Western Home Loan’s Cool Party is Wednesday Night 5 to 9. So Be There & Be Cool

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2015 /

Sad News for Our Friends at the Dallas Morning News but… Only 1% of Homebuyers Find Their Homes in Print

By Candy Evans / July 27, 2015 /

Despite this fact, Realtors spent $1.5 billion to market listings in print last year. I didn’t write this, but I sure have said it over and over and over again: Agents and brokers keep using tired tactics that no longer produce results. Here’s a prime example: Despite the fact that only 1 percent of homebuyers found…