Candy Evans

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

Why (Gasping) Rick Perry Is On His Way Up In The Polls: Texas Is a Stud State for Realtors

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

Update: At that Vail meeting with Kelcy warren et al, The Daily Beast is now reporting that the Koch brothers compared President Obama to Sadaam Hussein. He is picking up money like crazy. On the Perry bandwagon now apparently is energy billionaire Kelcy Warren, he of pipeline magnate Energy Transfer Partners, and owner of one of…

Smell Sells: How to Make Your Home The Most Aromatic Listing On The Market!

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

Guest blogger Michelle Bardwell knows more about aroma than anybody in the world! A brilliant clinical aromatherapist and friend for years, she is the one expert I turned to when I wanted to know what we could do about making your home smell as wonderful as it looks, when it is on the market. I…

Yes, The Economy Sucks Bad Air But… Vacation Homes Sure Are Getting Cheap

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

If you want to look at a market that makes residential real estate even in say, Detroit look good, look at second homes. Last year, the median price of a vacation home in the U.S. fell 11%. Compare that to what the National Association of Realtors tells us the ordinary primary residence did — fell 5 percent …

Tuesday Under $200,000: Dumbwaiter, Granite, Pool and Pergola

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

I am going to try and do this for you every Tuesday or so — strut our very affordable Dallas area homes. (Don’t worry, we’ll have tons of House Porn I mean Candy to drool over the rest of the week.) Here’s the deal: the average Dallas home is about $180,000, so it’s nice to…

Legal Bonds: Home Equity Lines of Credit May Not Be Your Friend!

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

Furthering the discussion on whether the credit agencies are using a flawed algorithm to determine our mortgage future, this comment from Dallas bankruptcy attorney Reed Allmand, Allmand Law, deserves its own post. Most homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages got there through home equity loans that Allmand says were used to retire the same type…