Shelby Skrhak
Shelby Skrhak is executive editor of CandysDirt.com and producer of the Dallas Dirt podcast. She loves covering estate sales and murder homes, not necessarily related. As a lifelong Dallas native, she's been an Eagle, Charger, Wildcat, and a Comet.
You don’t see homes designed by Dallas midcentury architect Arch Swank come on the market very often because they tend to stay in the family for generations. Swank was a protégé of architect O’Neil Ford, and they partnered from 1937 to 1941. He was a man ahead of his time, concerned with environmental and social…
Listing agent Randall Primrose of Magnolia Property Company calls this Colleyville home a rare find that’s priced to sell. At $186 per square foot on a half-acre lot and Colleyville schools, he’s right. This four-bedroom, three and half-bath home built in 1989 has been fully and beautifully-updated. The 4,036-square-foot interior is impressive with crisp, neutral…
Reuters reported today that Dallas-based Neiman Marcus is talking to bondholders and lenders about financing that would help the debt-laden company continue operating while under bankruptcy protection, but Dallas without Neiman Marcus? Not likely, experts say. The Neiman Marcus Group, which consists of Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Last Call, Horchow, and Mytheresa, has struggled since…
Back in the 50s after World War II, young Dallasites who were eager to own a piece of the American dream flocked to Casa View Oaks, where homebuilders like Leslie Hill, Cliff May, Hallmark Homes, and Neece and Mahaffey-Wagner built affordable homes starting at $12,000 on the east side of White Rock Lake. Today some…
Local mortgage experts say homeowners who can’t pay their mortgage because they’ve lost income due to COVID-19 have several options for mortgage relief — but you have to ask. “If you need help, ask for help,” says Lisa Peters, branch manager for the Sherry Lane branch of Caliber Home Loans. “There are a lot of…
