Candy Evans

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

Friday Five Hundred, Post Crespi-Hicks Edition: Everything You’ve Always Wanted in Northwood Hills Plus an Aquarium, Basketball Court, and More…

By Candy Evans / January 27, 2013 /

We over here at CandysDirt.com are still reeling from the gorgeousness of the photos of Tom and Cinda Hicks’ stunning $135 million (did I get in all the zeros?) estate on Walnut Hill Lane at Hollow Way. Fanning ourselves: that house is enough to bring on menopause! We have been busy, too, with interviews and…

Friday Five Hundred, Post Crespi-Hicks Edition: Everything You've Always Wanted in Northwood Hills Plus an Aquarium, Basketball Court, and More…

By Candy Evans / January 27, 2013 /

We over here at CandysDirt.com are still reeling from the gorgeousness of the photos of Tom and Cinda Hicks’ stunning $135 million (did I get in all the zeros?) estate on Walnut Hill Lane at Hollow Way. Fanning ourselves: that house is enough to bring on menopause! We have been busy, too, with interviews and…

Breaking Dallas Real Estate News: Tom and Cinda Hicks Put the Crespi Estate on Market with Douglas Newby: $135 Million

By Candy Evans / January 24, 2013 /

Fasten your seatbelt, it’s going to be a wild ride in real estate this spring. The ink is not yet dry on our post detailing 5911 Glendora, Howard and Cindy Rachofsky’s family home that just hit the market. Now I’ve discovered that, while it is NOT in MLS, Douglas Newby is indeed marketing the 25 acre estate of Thomas O. and Cinda Hicks on Walnut Hill Lane and Hollow Way Road.

The FSBO Conundrum: Five Things to Consider if You Want to Sell Your Home Yourself

By Candy Evans / January 23, 2013 /

I found this cute house over off Inwood and Lovers, on a little street called (7203) Morton.

Sorry, no links: it’s a for sale by owner.

No Duh: Dallas & Fort Worth Home Prices Firming Up, Heading Up, Thumbs Up, Less Inventory, Pricier, Dirt is Solid Gold Again?

By Candy Evans / January 23, 2013 /

I think we’ve been saying this in so many words for a few weeks: our market is doing better, much better, and now even Steve Brown my “Debbie Downer” NAREE colleague at the Dallas Morning News is paying attention: He’s even saying our homes (all of them?) may soon cost more: