Candy Evans

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

Sunday’s Turtle Creek Association Tour of Homes Takes You Back Into Homes And Out of The Ordinary

By Candy Evans / October 20, 2023 /

For those of us who love condominiums, high-rises, and “compact” living, this event is always a highlight in the Dallas-Fort Worth home tour smorgasbord. And even better, this year we get to step foot in actual homes, unlike last year when COVID-19 forced us to be virtual. Of course, I got to step foot in…

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BREAKING: Real Estate Board of New York Changes Buyer Agent Commission Rules

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2023 /

As many agents and brokers know, a major lawsuit began Monday in Missouri that could permanently affect the commission structure across the US. It could also, I believe, place a huge obstacle in home affordability by putting the burden of the buyer agent commission onto the homebuyer. The Sitzer/Burnett commission trial is in its fourth…

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A Dallas Cowboy’s Dream Home is a Buyer’s Touchdown at The Landing

By Candy Evans / October 15, 2023 /

Oh if only I could tell you that this house is on the market because the seller, former Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame inductee and defensive tackle Tony Casillas, is moving to the Star in Frisco where he will plant himself as a consigliere reserve for America’s team. Casillas, a Tulsa native, could sure lend…

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If You Don’t Grab This Cape Cod-Style Home in The Peninsula, I Just Might

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2023 /

Are you a porch person? Then we’ve got a home for you! We have written about this house previously because it’s one of those angels we would simply love to clone. Back in 2016, our Karen Eubank thought this was one of the Peninsula’s original, remodeled vacation lake cottages from the 1920s. Wrong! In 2016,…

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A Farewell to Fuzzy: RIP Clyde Knight

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2023 /

Clyde Knight, known affectionately as Fuzzy to dear friends, was not a real estate agent or broker but Clyde dealt in real estate every day — from the society parties he tended in Park Cities and Preston Hollow homes to the gems and jewels of the fête set he served as sales director for Skibell…

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