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.
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…
Zillow’s crackdown on off-market listings escalated this week as Compass filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, challenging Zillow’s enforcement of its new 24‑hour “private listings” rule. CEO Robert Reffkin called it an abuse of Zillow’s “monopoly power,” accusing the platform of blocking homeowners and agents for marketing listings elsewhere too…
Today’s homebuyers — the few who can actually afford to buy — are less concerned with the biggest house on the block and more focused on what happens outside the front door. That was the message from housing insiders on what buyers want in 2025 at the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) annual…
Centurion American Development Group is doubling down on Gunter. Farmers Branch-based developer and its CEO, Mehrdad Moayedi, have announced plans for Platinum Ranch, a nearly 2,000-acre master-planned community set to break ground in late 2025. The expansive development sits along the Grayson County Toll Road just west of Preston Road, positioning it squarely in what…
