Candy Evans

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

See You in the Cocktail Room: If You Have One Open House to See This Weekend, This is It

By Candy Evans / March 9, 2014 /

17412 Pauma Valley open today from 12 to 4 pm! $1,899,900. This is such a Mad Men-style house that I almost cannot believe it was built as recently as 1982. Maybe it was an early 80’s prototype of a very groovy, sixties-type house. It has everything – formals, great gourmet kitchen, more storage than Fort…

Crazy Real Estate Market Marks the Return of the Bidding War: A Case Study

By Candy Evans / March 7, 2014 /

Steve Brown interviewed a cross-section of Realtor buds, from Lydia Player to Robert Kucharski to my buddy Scott Carlson. And what are they saying? Just what we’ve been telling you: house inventory is at a 20 year low, the market is hot, bidding wars on homes that are listed, prices spiking. CoreLogic tells us that…

SOS Light Brigade: Forget the Grid, Leave Your Electricity On for Inspections From Now On!

By Candy Evans / March 7, 2014 /

Now for a bright Dallas Real Estate message from one of our readers, Dallas Realtor Lance Blann: CANDY: I’ve met an appraiser on each of the past two days on listings about to close and there is a new appraisal item you need to know about. Please remind/instruct your sellers, agents or tenants, to leave…

Great Western Home Loans Featured Realtor: Meet Michael Tiller of Keller Williams, Tiller of Soil, Saver of Fish

By Candy Evans / March 6, 2014 /

Our Great Western Home Loans featured Realtor this week is Michael Tiller of The McKissack Group. Mike is not only a seller of homes, driver of pick-ups, and tiller backyards, and saver of Koi ponds: he’s a selling machine with 94 homes sold last year. Turns out he was just getting warmed up for 2014 …
Michael makes sure his clients are well taken care of, not unlike our sponsor, Jeff Lindigrin of Great Western Home Loans. Jeff takes great care as a lender, as he should. Of course, every sale should have a lender that works just as hard to get a great deal as their Realtor. What has your lender done for you lately? Find out what you’re missing by contacting Jeff Lindigrin with Great Western Home Loans today.
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Inwood Home of the Week: A Kessler Woods Wonder to Get You Back on That January-Get-Sleek-Diet-Regime Track

By Candy Evans / March 6, 2014 /

I don’t know about you, but this cold yuck just gave me yet another excuse to bake and cook, well, yes, eat drink. I need to find some homes for diet inspiration! Homes that make me want to jump and move and burn fat! What? Homes as diet inspiration? Yes, actually. Beach homes are the…