Shelby Skrhak
Shelby is Associate Editor of CandysDirt.com, where she writes and produces 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.
With the recent announcement that Zillow has curbed its iBuying model, we thought it’d be appropriate to do an iBuyer edition of Splurge versus Steal. And this week’s feature takes us to Stonebridge Ranch, where these two homes are located just blocks away, but are priced worlds apart. And bear with us, the details for…
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At a time when most Millennial potential home buyers have been priced out of the market, upscale mixed-use developments like the new Presidium Frisco Square are providing Dallasites the amenities they most desire. The new residential community of 368 apartments — covering 337,000 square feet in North Frisco — is slated to open in June…
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This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, is located in Old Lake Highlands but a look back at a 1955 Dallas Morning News ad gives us a glimpse at the new Lake Highlands Estates. Winding, paved streets with paved alleys, panoramic views, and choice, wooded lots were the selling points…
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If you’re a homeowner, building home equity can make a big difference in your future finances. Unlike other large purchases such as cars that lose value over time, homes steadily increase in value when you treat them right. Coppell-based Caliber Home Loans has these tips for building equity in your home, and spoiler alert, one…
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The Old Farmers’ Almanac relies on studies of the sun’s hot spots, climatology, and meteorology to make predictions of coming temperatures and precipitation. The Farmers are calling for another unusually cold winter in 2022, as the year calls for a weak La Nina, among other patterns. “For our friends in the southern Great Plains, including Texas and…
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