Candy Evans

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

Friday Four Hundred: You Can Live in the Heart of Oak Lawn, Have Your Own Pool, Parking, and Privacy!

By Candy Evans / February 24, 2012 /

Now this one ought to make your heart quiver! Empty nester or young singles who do not want to mess with nosy neighbors right over-the-wall or those pesky Home Owners Associations meetings will find this home as close as you get to true single family living in the heart of Oak Lawn. And even better: there is a private swimming pool! And a patio! You get 2407 square feet of formals, three bedrooms, three and one half baths, all on one floor. (Wait, maybe I should stop right here — this may be the perfect downsizer for US!)

Fort Worth “Trewly” Wants to Be Global, Too — Robbie Briggs Responds

By Candy Evans / February 23, 2012 /

Just talked to Robbie Briggs about the Williams Trew deal with Sotheby’s. Briggs-Freeman owns the Sotheby’s franchise for Dallas and Collin Counties, NOT Tarrant. William Trew got the Sotheby’s application through likely because they are a local firm, he says, and Sothebys likes strong local, upscale brokers. But, he said, that is not going to stop Briggs Freeman from selling real estate in Fort Worth.

Fort Worth Real Estate Wants to be Global, Too — Trewly!

By Candy Evans / February 23, 2012 /

Oh the battle for the high end real estate dollar is getting heated up in our sister city to the west, Fort Worth. Williams Trew, a high end Fort Worth residential real estate firm, is becoming an affiliate of Sotheby’s International beginning May 1. The company will be re-named Williams Trew Sotheby’s International Realty, the companies said officially Thursday.

Real Estate Agents Give Inman’s Agent ReBoot a (Perfect) Ten

By Candy Evans / February 23, 2012 /

Social. Mobile. Tech. Video. Gadgets. Blogs. If you are in real estate, they can make or break your career. If you are just getting in, bless you, you’d better know what they all are. And if you are too cheap to pay the $49 fee, you can always play our “Whose The Agent Contest” to…

Thursday Three Hundred: You Will Never Find This House. So Close, and Yet, So Far…

By Candy Evans / February 23, 2012 /

First of all, I’m cheating, but I can because I live in Dallas. It’s Thursday $300K and this home is $400K, but go ahead, make an offer. The price has already been lowered by $30K and DCAD has it appraised at $366K, so there! Talk about a great little woodsy, tucked away location… 6520 Linden is…