Candy Evans

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

Who Bought Troy Aikman’s Lot, Continued: All in the Family

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2012 /

I learned today that while Erin Mathews did help Brian and Barbara Pratt acquire their home on Shenandoah,  she was not the agent of record for their recent purchase of Troy Aikman’s lot over there on Highland. Who was? Their son, Ken Pratt, who also works through Allie Beth Allman. Called the young man but he…

Joel Kotkin is in Fort Worth Today: I Love That He Loves Tejas

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2012 /

I guess what I like about demographer, futurist and urban observer Joel Kotkin is that he is upbeat about both America and Texas, and he shares my gut common sense instinct that most people, families, want to live in homes, not a bunch of scrunched-together apartments. (So why are we building so many in Dallas???)…

Who Bought Troy Aikman’s Lot: Brian and Barbara Pratt

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2012 /

Remember when I told you that Troy Aikman sold off the Potashnik lot next to his home over there on Highland Drive? The one listed for $11,500,000 for only 109 days? I heard that he sold it to the Pratts: Brian and Barbara Pratt. Word on the street was they paid just about tax value ($5,493,000) and…

Kwame Kilpatrick Has it Really Tough: Texas is Just Too Big for Him (Does He Know John Wiley Price?)

By Candy Evans / June 5, 2012 /

Comes news today that Kwame Kilpatrick, the shady former mayor of Detroit, is asking Michigan officials to change the terms of his probation because Texas is just too darn big. According to exclusive emails obtained by The Detroit News, which YOU MUST READ, the former Detroit mayor has to drive too much in Texas because we are such a big state, he cannot walk, so doing community service is a super duper burden.

Tuesday (Le$$ Than!) Two Hundred: School’s Out, Time to Start Looking for a Place for the Cute Coeds to Live, Get Ready to Fall in LOVE!

By Candy Evans / June 5, 2012 /

Fasten your seatbelts, you are going to either die or fly when you see this ADORABLE unit at 5200 Martel in Uptown. 934 perfectly adorable square feet, one bedroom, one bath, just right for a hot new coed who’d like gated security too, thank you. Oh and a great big walk-in closet. It is owned…