Candy Evans

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

No Pun Intended, Really: The North Texas Real Estate Market is Heating Up!

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2012 /

I am hearing it from agents and sellers, I am hearing it from appraisers and title companies: people are buying homes again (like these) in Dallas. Numbers are the proof: The Texas Association of Realtors said Tuesday that home sales in the state were up 12 percent in the first quarter from the same period…

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About the New York Times Putting the Museum Tower Sunlight Debacle on Today’s Front Page

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2012 /

On the one hand, the story of Museum Tower’s light battle with the Nasher on the front page of the New York Times is pretty damn great publicity if you might be looking to buy a condominium in Dallas. I just got my Local Market Monitor report and once again, Dallas-Fort Worth-Plano rules the roost…

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I Love This Bathroom: Reflective Glass Here Far Worse Than What They Have Over at Museum Tower!

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2012 /

Or how about this: Don’t put that lid down, that floor opens up right under your feet! This bathroom was built, apparently, over an old elevator shaft. Cool or freaky? Thank GOD it’s not reflective glass!

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Home Ownership Rates Across the U.S. Lowest Since ’97 While Big Banks Have Cleaned Up

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2012 /

The Wall Street Journal and other financial news media are reporting that the U.S. home ownership rate has slipped to it’s lowest in 15 years, and experts predict it will slip even further. Why? Mortgage lending is tighter than a violin string, with no signs of loosening, not even for an election. This echoed what…

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Inventory May Be Tight, But Please Don’t Go Knocking on Doors To Find Your Dream Home

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2012 /

Is our real estate market getting nuts again?  ReMax Agent Tom Branch tells me he just posted this on his blog, and it happened in Preston Hollow: “I received a call this evening from one of my sellers. A potential buyer had showed up at her home, rang the doorbell, and asked to see the…

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