Candy Evans

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

That House I Said Was Better Than Sex? It Has A Contract. Already.

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

I mean it’s like no foreplay! This home went on the market, what, September 3 and there’s already a contract! More than 300 through two open-houses. Do you think the contract is for asking? Ten percent under? This ought to be fun, let’s guess!

Is There Anything We Can Learn From the French Real Estate Market? Mais Oui — for Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

The French market picked up a lot sooner, which may be short-lived, and they think taking away the tax credit for buying a new home will bring it down. Again… rest of the story on SecondShelters.

What Can We Learn From The French Real-Estate Market: No Tax Breaks, No Buy and The Elderly Don’t Like to Shack Up.

By Candy Evans / September 14, 2011 /

France has given us guillotines and great design, now are they giving us a lesson in how to manage real estate markets? According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, subscription required of course, France’s housing market has been rather healthy through the global financial crisis. As Spanish and U.S. real estate markets tumbled following…

Tuesday Under $200,000: the Magic of Midway Hollow — Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / September 13, 2011 /

You know Midway Hollow is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Dallas—we almost lived there, and now my daughter is eyeing the area for her next move. I would definitely steer her to this honeypot of a renovated cottage at 4047 Glenridge, nice quiet secluded street. The landscaping is to-die for and has …

Monday Morning Millionaire: Classic Details, Rookwood Fireplace and a Guest House for Less Than One Million

By Candy Evans / September 12, 2011 /

What does a million dollars buy you in Dallas? A whole heck of a lot if you look south of the Trinity. This Hewitt & Habgood listing is at 1029 Lausanne, not too  far from where former Mayor Laura Miller and hubby Steve Wolens used to live, before they packed up and moved off to some…