Real Estate

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…

Tuesday Two Hundred: Impeccably Restored Prairie-Style Home Within Stumbling Distance of Bishop Arts District

By Joanna England / June 5, 2012 /

What has four bedrooms, three baths, and a gigantic backyard? It’s 719 North Madison Ave. in North Oak Cliff!

The cheerful and freshly painted prairie-style home marketed by Susan Melnick of Virginia Cook Realtors is the perfect place for someone looking to move across the Trinity.

Bluegreen Communities Go South, and East and West to SouthStar, Mehrdad Moayedi

By Candy Evans / June 4, 2012 /

Here’s more proof of how well home builders are doing in some parts of the country, namely, of course, Texas: a Coral Gables residential developer recently bought up a super successful builder of residential communities, many in Texas. In early May, SouthStar Communities paid $29 million big ones to buy Bluegreen Communities, which has created…