Candy Evans

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

Zulia! Musings on the Zillow Acquisition of Trulia: Get ready to Make a Verb Out of “Zillow”

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

It’s been a day trying to interpret and predict the future of the real estate industry. Good grief! Jeff Farris of BubbleLife Media reminded me that seven years ago, we didn’t have a verb called “google.” I was just getting an iphone. I started a “blob” called DallasDirt! We think maybe in another five to…

They Did It! Zillow To Acquire Trulia for… (Sit Down)… $3.5 BILLION in Stock

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

We told you this was up last week. Well Inman broke the story this morning with a Tweet I got around 8 a.m. which means it was only 6 a.m. in California. While the John Wiley Price et al arrest of the “Texas Four” is all anyone is talking about at the water cooler today,…

Loving the Location, Lower Price, and Local Celeb Owners

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

Here is a celebrity home in Dallas that can be swooped up for a tab bit over one million dollars and is as loaded, if not more so, than it’s pricier brethren. In fact, you had darn well better take a look because… well, because! First of all, location with a triple capital “L”: Caruth…

Kathy Nealy’s Condo at The Terrace Still Owned by Fannie Mae

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

Recall it was almost one year ago to the day when we heard that all of Kathy Nealy’s financial troubles were the fault of the FBI? We posted photos of a similar Terrace House condo, unit 616, to the one Kathy Nealy lost to tax foreclosure last August — 2323 North Houston, Suite 216. Commenters…

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Expands to Luxury Leasing With Arthur Greenstein

By Candy Evans / July 26, 2014 /

I could not be happier to see that Arthur Greenstein and his Uptown Locators has been acquired by Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Real Estate to add a new division to the leading boutique broker’s already haute luxury services: luxury leasing. And they could not have found a better agent, or person, in Arthur. First of…