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.

Hot Growth: @properties Christie’s International Real Estate Entering Austin Market This Fall

By Shelby Skrhak / September 22, 2023 /

If you thought the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market was hopping, then Austin’s luxury housing market is on a full rager. It’s only natural then that Dallas Cowboys tycoon Jerry Jones and his nephew Jerry Mooty Jr., @properties Christie’s International Real Estate CEO, are casting eyes and cash at ATX. @properties Christie’s International Real Estate…

Here’s a Friendly-Looking Townhouse in the Villas of Prestonwood Listed by a Friendly Realtor

By Shelby Skrhak / September 20, 2023 /

It’s always fun to put a face to a name. When I first spoke to Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate agent Michael Bepko about his listing for the Highlight Home of the Week, sponsored by Dallas mortgage banker Lisa Peters a few months ago, I was desperate and on deadline. I was texting a complete stranger…

Cedar Creek Lake Is Looking More Like The Hamptons of Dallas With This $25M Estate

By Shelby Skrhak / September 18, 2023 /

Crowded around the kitchen like you do at any good party, Karen Eubank and I recently caught up with Juli Black of Allie Beth Allman and Associates at a CandysDirt.com event when the topic of Cedar Creek Lake came up. Karen stirred the Google gods a few months ago when she called Cedar Creek Lake…

High Atop the Gold Crest on Turtle Creek, Life Imitates Art

By Shelby Skrhak / September 17, 2023 /

If you’re really really observant here on CandysDirt.com, you’ll notice that we typically feature the Highlight Home sponsored by Dallas mortgage banker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial on Wednesdays. But today’s Sunday, Shelby. You’re really late. Well, you wouldn’t be the first person to tell me that — today — but this time I waited…

New Dallas Maverick Grant Williams Is a New Dallas Homeowner

By Shelby Skrhak / September 14, 2023 /

It’s too easy to say this celebrity home sale by Dallas Realtor Melissa Jennings was a slam dunk. Instead, we’ll polish off our inverted pyramid skills and play it straight: In a noteworthy real estate transaction, Jennings, a Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty agent, just closed a deal with new Dallas Mavericks player Grant Williams.…