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.
StreetLights Residential has broken ground on the third and final phase of its multifamily development in Arlington’s Viridian community — a 2,000-acre master-planned development that’s drawn new residents looking for open green space and easy access to both Dallas and Fort Worth. The first two phases of the project — The Jackson and The Louise…
Dallas-based developer Huffines Enterprises is officially underway with its newest signature project: Horizon Lakes, a 900-acre master-planned community in McLendon-Chisholm. Phase I of the community will bring 1,650 home sites to market, along with an amenity center overlooking the lake. Builders CastleRock Communities, Pulte Homes, and Toll Brothers have signed on, and the first home…
Redfin recently announced its sale to Rocket Mortgage, but it’s the CEO Glenn Kelman’s blog post announcing the brokerage’s $1.75 billion sale that caught my interest. On July 1, Redfin announced that it is now officially part of Rocket Companies, the parent company of Rocket Mortgage, which they say will create a more integrated experience…
Let’s clear something up: Compass isn’t suing Zillow for banning private listings. That’s a common misconception about the high-profile antitrust lawsuit Compass filed this spring. In fact, some private listings — sometimes called “office exclusives” — are still allowed under Zillow’s policy. What the lawsuit is really about is Zillow’s Listing Access Standards, and the…
Agents who publicly market a home listing but fail to post it on Zillow within 24 hours are about to face real consequences. Beginning June 30, Zillow will start enforcing the most aggressive part of its new Listing Access Standards — and the penalties could mean losing access to Zillow for the life of the…
