Celebrity Real Estate

3715 Oriole: "Dont Show and Then Complain of the Mess. Were telling You Up Front – – This House is a Mess"

By Candy Evans / January 7, 2014 /

You know my favorite saying in real estate — “you cannot make this $#@T up!” Well, here is but one more example. Honestly, I am torn between thinking this agent is the freshest thing to hit real estate since the lockbox or wondering if she is a Real Estate num nuts. I would love to…

Warm Up to This: Jaap Van Zweden’s Former Ritz Condo Snapped Up by Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh for $3 Million

By Candy Evans / January 6, 2014 /

Why did Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh buy a 4,257 square foot unity at the Ritz Residences I? Maybe for his beautiful former model wife? She knows you can never be too thin, too rich or have too many homes. This sky-castle is a traditional contrast to what the couple has in Miami — an ultramodern compound in…

Warm Up to This: Jaap Van Zweden's Former Ritz Condo Snapped Up by Miami Heat's Chris Bosh for $3 Million

By Candy Evans / January 6, 2014 /

Why did Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh buy a 4,257 square foot unity at the Ritz Residences I? Maybe for his beautiful former model wife? She knows you can never be too thin, too rich or have too many homes. This sky-castle is a traditional contrast to what the couple has in Miami — an ultramodern compound in…

Heavy Hearts This Holiday Season: Dallas Loses Philanthropist Extraordinaire Harold Simmons, Pediatrician Steve Crow

By Candy Evans / December 30, 2013 /

One of the city’s most generous philanthropists, Harold C. Simmons, died Saturday evening at Baylor University medical Center at the age of 82. Simmons was ranked 40th on Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Born in east Texas to two humble school teachers, he made a fortune by buying a drug store across from SMU…

Virginia McAlester Takes a Dallas Swiss Avenue Home Tour to the New York Times

By Candy Evans / December 29, 2013 /

This is a must-read, perfect story to bring us out of our holiday rest: Dallas founder and past president of Preservation Dallas Virginia Savage McAlester takes the world on a tour of her 96 year old Swiss Avenue home located in the 5700 block of Swiss. She is also the author of  “A Field Guide to American…