Candy Evans

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

Does Staging With Designer Pets Help Sell Properties? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / August 16, 2011 /

We had this chat a couple of weeks ago, and most of you said no, don’t do it! Don’t stage your home to sell with live (designer) pets! But Dallas Realtor Kristian Peterson says yes, do it! And in fact, he does. All the time. (Here are his babies, in a condo he is selling.)…

So Maybe You Should Buy A Second Home in Frisco, Texas?

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2011 /

Where they are selling like hotcakes. A Frisco Realtor makes me eat my words…

I Know Where Homes Are Selling Like Hotcakes: Austin Ridge, Frisco Schools, $300,000 – Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2011 /

  What’s wrong with living in Frisco? OK, yes, it’s a haul if you happen to work in or near downtown Dallas, which not everyone actually does. But my friend Brad Holden (who is practically my neighborhood correspondent up there) kept telling me how many homes he’s selling up in a burgeoning development called Austin Ridge in…

Looks Like The Darlie Routier House of Horrors, Reduced to $99,900!! Monday Morning House Porn

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2011 /

Update: Apparently there are Routier homes all throughout Rowlett. This style of home and floorplan was popular with production builders. The actual Routier home is located on Eagle Drive.  I think my eyes are out of whack: this Rowlett home was listed at $135,000 and is now $99,900? A reader thought this looked like the…

What Does This S&P Downgrade and Stuff Mean for the Dallas Real Estate Market? Another Nail in the RE Recovery Coffin?

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2011 /

 Another nail in the coffin of the struggling real estate recovery? That’s Jonathan Miller and me in San Francisco at Real Estate Connect. I am glad we are friends because Jonathan is about the most quoted real estate consultant and expert these days, and one of the most knowledgeable appraisers I know. (I’ve given up on…