Economy

Wishful Wednesday: I Dreamed I Could Afford a House with Three Masters in Preston Hollow’s Honeypot For Under $4 Million…

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2012 /

I really did dream this and not in my Maidenform Bra: I was living in some vague house and I opened up the computer to see that a fabulous newer home with old world charm, class and character was ready and waiting for me for me with open angel arms (and THREE master suites!) for…

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…

Why Stage a House? Because it Gets Them Sold (Quickly!)

By Joanna England / May 29, 2012 /

We had a Tuesday Two Hundred last week that was super cute and move-in ready. The Lakeland Hills midcentury-modern home at 8829 Hackney was priced right and perfectly staged by Karen Eubank.

Now, a lot of the mid-mods that hit the market as of late have sold at a crazy-fast pace. But this one was only on the market for TWO WHOLE DAYS before getting snatched up, says listing agent Kerry Paradise Slaughter. And get this, there were multiple offers!

In Case You’d Rather Leave the Cooking to Someone Else, Meet Home Chef Jedediah Strong Smith

By Candy Evans / May 29, 2012 /

Go ahead, take that kitchen for a test drive! Meet Jedediah Strong Smith of 33Northtx.com and his darling yoga instructing wife, Jessica Jane Smith. Oh yes, you can call him Jed for short. Formerly of Bozeman, Montana, where he created delectable meals of health and fabu taste for the Bozeman jet set — we are talking folks in Spanish Peaks, Yellowstone Club — Jed and Jess are now in Dallas and ready to cook for you in your home.