Candy Evans

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

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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Monday Morning Millionaire: Ivy League New England Sensibility is Alive and Well in Dallas!

By Candy Evans / April 30, 2012 /

No other home I can think of typifies this great compliment to our city like 11442 East Ricks Circle. OK, I’m a wee bit biased as this home is in my ‘hood and I walk by it’s glory every time I walk Bree on the Circle. This is a one-owner home, built brand spanking new and solid in 1990, and it has never been on the market.

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Lazee Agent: Are We Selling the House or the Car(s)????

By Candy Evans / April 30, 2012 /

THINK we are selling the house, but it’s hard to tell here. Someone please teach this agent how to hire a photographer! Oh, and while you are at it, pick up the trash before you snap!

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USA Film Festival Brings Stars to Dallas Real Estate: “Your Houses Are Amazing!”

By Candy Evans / April 29, 2012 /

Thought you saw some celebs zipping around town this weekend? It was movie week in Dallas, and film lovers enjoyed great screenings at the Angelika from the 42nd annual USA Film Festival, the city’s oldest festival, notably a restored digital print of Marcel Carné’s Children of Paradise, the original True Grit (with Kim Darby in attendance), and a screening of the beloved The Princess Bride, part of a tribute to Rob Reiner, also in attendance.

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Something Significant Happened This Past Week In Dallas Real Estate: the WSJ Almost Said It’s Miller Time, Here

By Candy Evans / April 28, 2012 /

To a real estate junkie like me, this was almost as exciting as getting a new Porsche: People are starting to get wise about Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller report. Did you notice that numbers came out this week, Monday in fact, the news was pretty bleak IN SOME LOCALES, but no one (here, at least) freaked out? Then the…

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