Celebrity Homes

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…

Happy New Year 2014 From the Real Estate Obsessed at CandysDirt.com!

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2013 /

By the time you read this, it will be 2014! We wish you a wonderful New Year and may 2014 bring you even more real estate success than 2013. And 2013 was a banner year! Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, we are thinking of you with love and appreciation for sticking with us…

$15,000 for Professional Holiday Lights? Those Fancy Park Cities Christmas Lights Run North of $30,000 — Better See Them Tonight!

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2013 /

The 1% like it bright! This article in the Wall Street Journal a couple weeks ago tickled me: it was like a eureka — people spent thousands of dollars on holiday lights, like $15,000 and upwards, to decorate for the holidays. And further eureka: More Americans are forgoing the difficult and sometimes risky endeavor of…

Boot Ranch Draws Large Crowd in Dallas at Anteks: Home on the Range in Fredericksburg

By Candy Evans / December 30, 2013 /

What three words all but guarantee a crowd and a good time, even during the craziness of the holidays? The Texas Hill Country and Golf!

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…