Candy Evans

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

BREAKING: Jury in Sitzer/Burnett Case Finds NAR, Brokerages Guilty of Colluding to Inflate Commissions

By Candy Evans / October 31, 2023 /

It did not take long for a Kansas City jury to create a Halloween nightmare for real estate agents. The jury in the bombshell Sitzer/Burnett trial in Kansas City has found the National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America, and Keller Williams guilty of colluding to inflate or maintain high commission rates through the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation…

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Halloween at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Turtle Creek Digs Featured Great Costumes And Better Chili

By Candy Evans / October 30, 2023 /

This was the first annual Chili Cook-Off at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Real Estate, but it won’t be the last. The perfect pre-Halloween feast, agents donned costumes and feasted on treats including five huge bubbling cauldrons of homemade chili. This was the inaugural taste-off of the now-annual chili contest, I was honored to be the…

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Discover Woodland Hills in Broken Bow, Where Dallas Goes to Getaway

By Candy Evans / October 29, 2023 /

For years we have been writing about the favorite vacation home getaways of North Texas, where people from Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Westlake, and Fort Worth escape the urban jungle. And we have a hot new spot that more than fulfills the second home checklist. It’s called Woodland Hills at Broken Bow. For the uninitiated,…

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Ralph Lauren’s Coffee Concept Could Replace Highland Park Village Starbucks

By Candy Evans / October 27, 2023 /

I had been hearing this for a while, and now it’s confirmed: The Starbucks in Highland Park Village is closing in February of 2024. However, CandysDirt.com has just learned that Ralph’s Coffee — an upscale coffee concept from Ralph Lauren, will occupy the space. The Highland Park Village Starbucks location, which is next door to…

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Eclectic Belmont Addition Cottage is a Hipster’s Dream Come True

By Candy Evans / October 20, 2023 /

Teffy Jacobs has listed an eclectic bungalow in the Belmont Addition neighborhood of East Dallas that is (a) adorable to the studs and (b) pretty darn right affordable in this market. No, this is not your cookie-cutter ranch with a Ring doorbell. The Redwood-colored charmer has a courtyard entrance, beautifully tiled fireplaces, cedar exterior, two…

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