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.
Your mortgage loan is approved, the home is under contract, and your closing date is all set. Time to treat yourself to that gorgeous sectional you’ve been eyeing at Arhaus as a Christmas present to yourself, right? Sorry, but step away from the AMEX. Before you close on your mortgage, it’s critical to avoid taking…
This week’s Splurge versus Steal takes us to the toney zip code of 75093 in West Plano, but this part of Plano near Park and Preston is a perfect little pocket. Homes here are the most affordable you’ll find in the city’s highest income zip code. Head west on Park Blvd. and they go up…
This week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, takes us to the River Bend neighborhood in Plano — a beautiful area of late ‘70s and early ‘80s contemporary homes with a river of finger lakes running through it. It’s also my neighborhood, which gave me the chance…
Only three homes remain for purchase in the first phase of Kessler West, the brand new residential community of modern townhomes and condominium residences in Oak Cliff, and sales lead Nadia Black of Eklund Gomes says she wouldn’t be surprised if those get snapped up at this weekend’s big Open House event. “The response has…
When the late Realtor Judy Pittman became the broker of record for the Mansion Residences back in the early ‘90s, she described our love affair with high-rise living to a tee. “Dallas doesn’t have mountains or an ocean, but it has a magnificent skyline. You watch the city wake up and go to sleep. You…
