Candy Evans

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

Monday Morning Millionaire: Meet the New Generation Spec House — so Custom, so Versatile, so Fresh!

By Candy Evans / October 28, 2013 /

My newest mantra: “a potty by every back door”. I have so much real estate news for you I am am about to burst. This Angel Baby over on Stichter caught my heart about a week ago, and I have been hankering for the photos ever since. Well, now I’ve got them. This is the…

Mis-Pricing a Home: One Agent's View – It Costs $95,235 per Transaction on a $907,000 Home (?)

By Candy Evans / October 28, 2013 /

A refigured Real Estate Fun Fact from Kyle Rovinsky: In 75230 zip (North Dallas) for all transactions 4 bedroom+ on lots .3 acre+, (total of 229 transactions), houses on the market 30 days or less sold for an average of 98% sale price to list price. Houses on the market 45 days or longer sold…

Eureka! The DBJ's Candace Carlisle Has Discovered Something: Dallas Folks are Selling Multi Million Dollar Homes Outside of the MLS

By Candy Evans / October 28, 2013 /

I don’t know if you get the Dallas Business Journal or not, but as of late (like ever since I started this blog,) they have been tinkering with residential real estate. Tinkering I say because like most media outlets, the poor journalists have to cover about five different subject areas and mop the bathrooms after…

Ralph Randall Celebrates 30 Years of Dallas Real Estate History

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2013 /

I have known Ralph Randall ever since the early ’90s. We were sitting in folding lawn chairs in a front lawn in the 4000 block of Purdue, with friends, who had one of those jump-houses on the lawn for their daughter’s birthday party. Ralph Randall came by to “sit” for a spell, and I met…

Cars This Year, Is Real Estate Next? Partner's Card Shopping Starts This Friday October 25

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2013 /

I’m locked, loaded and ready with my Partner’s Card, are you? Starting Friday, October 25, seasoned Dallas shoppers will hit the stores and rev up their credit cards for the best shopping ever. Partners Card bestows on its owners a 20 percent discount on purchases made at participating stores. And it seems like everyone participates. This…