Celebrity Real Estate

Does Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Feel Sorry for His Home Town Mo-Town?

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2013 /

I mean, he played a role: Kwame Kilpatrick was mayor of one of America’s largest cities at the age of 31. He resigned in 2008, after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in a scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair with his chief of staff. OK, so a lot of politicians dabble extra-maritally.…

Dallas Real Estate Pop Quiz: What Famous Dallas Mansion's Owners Once Lived in Our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week?

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2013 /

Little pop-quiz over here on CandysDirt: do these homes look similar? A little? No, OK. How about are they both light, white and very bright? Bingo! Turns out they were built by the same couple. 11715 Parwen, the first home and our Inwood Mortgage Home of the Week, has a smooth white stucco interior and the…

Dans Bois Crete, aka Our $19.5 Million Heartthrob on Inwood: Owner Tells All to the New York Times

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2013 /

You recall this listing, yes. As if we can ever forget. Definitely one of the most beautiful homes in Dallas, inside and out. The home’s name, “Dans Bois Crete”, means “in wood ridge”. In a wood ridge it is, indeed, located on that elegant stretch of Inwood Road just south of Walnut Hill, not too far…

Rogers Healy Lists Walker, Texas Ranger's Home, Finds Closets Full of Fatigues and American Flag Headbands

By Joanna England / July 16, 2013 /

OK, that was a really lame Chuck Norris “fact.” To make up for it, here are a few that are better:

Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down by pointing his finger at it and yelling, “BANG!”

There used to be a street named after Chuck Norris, but it was changed because nobody crosses Chuck Norris and lives.

Chuck Norris visited the Virgin Islands. Now they’re just the Islands.
Now that we have it out of our system, let’s get down to the real facts: Rogers Healy just listed the 6512 Meadowcreek Drive, the home that served as famed roundhouse-kicking Texas Ranger Cordell Walker, for $1.2 million. With seven bathrooms and four bedrooms, I am sure it served the cast of the show starring martial arts legend Chuck Norris well.

Austin Real Estate News: Lord of the Rings Star Elijah Wood Buys Austin Victorian Mansion for $1 Million

By Joanna England / July 12, 2013 /

Later, Los Angeles! Hello Austin! Frodo Baggins — I mean, Elijah Wood, AKA my secret teenage crush, has just bought the most adorable Victorian in Austin for $1 million says the Daily Mail. Originally built in 1890 and transported to Austin from Marlin, The Marlin House is a gorgeous historic property on South Mary Street…