Candy Evans

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

Case Shiller Speaks, The Nation Crumbles: How Did Dallas Real Estate Fare in The Latest Case Shiller Oracle?

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2011 /

My friend Jonathan Miller is the one who really helped me see the light: the Case Shiller Index ain’t what its cracked up to be. It was designed for Wall Street, not to be devoured by the average U.S. consumer. There is a major lag time between the actual data and reporting. It doesn’t include new home sales or construction, which,…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Live Like a King on Cromwell With a Swimming Pool For $229,500. Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2011 /

What a great home for $200K, give or take $20,000. Located in DeGoyler Elementary School, a Leave It To Beaver ‘hood near Royal and Marsh Lane. This home is a spacious 2359 square feet, has four bedrooms,  two baths, and is a splendid lay out for entertaining. Spacious kitchen with a ton of built-ins and nice breakfast bar. Not…

Dave Perry-Miller and Ellen Terry High-Fiving It: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2011 /

Foreigner Buys A House in the U.S., Becomes a U.S. Citizen?

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2011 /

The Wall Street Journal reports a proposed measure in Congress would offer visas to any foreigner making a cash investment of at least $500,000 on residential real-estate—that’s for a single-family house, condo or townhouse. Applicants can spend the entire amount on one house or spend as little as $250,000 on a residence and invest the…

Monday Morning Millionaire: California Cool in Greenway Parks is Kind of AC/DC, and Totally Makes Me Want to Cash in The 401K…

By Candy Evans / October 25, 2011 /

This post is a little late today because of all the broker news going on which delayed the House Porn! In honor of the merger of Ellen Terry Realtors  and Dave Perry-Miller & Associates, I fell in love with a fabulous listing by Caroline Summers. Caroline was Ellen’s client when Ellen sold a gorgeous, sleek…