Broker News

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Posts $3.45 Billion in 2020 Sales, Sets Sights on 2021

By Joanna England / February 8, 2021 /

In March of 2020, the carpet was yanked out from beneath the real estate industry as we all learned how to stay safe in the face of a worsening pandemic. However, once real estate was affirmed to be an “essential” industry, brokerages, title companies, and inspectors — among many others — hit the ground running.…

Broker Jenna Ryan Takes to Social Media in Aftermath of FBI Arrest, More Charges Added

By Joshua Baethge / January 26, 2021 /

In the three weeks since CandysDirt.com first spoke to local Realtor Jenna Ryan in the immediate aftermath of the Capitol riot, she’s become one of the most recognizable faces of the insurrection.  Ryan’s arrest on federal trespassing charges garnered international attention. Comedians Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah, among others, have included bits about her in…

Mark Godson Sells Most Iconic House in Dallas, Best is Yet to Come

By Candy Evans / January 21, 2021 /

We know you have stopped and stared every time your eyes gazed 4001 Turtle Creek Boulevard, the blue-tiled roof home that has been declared “Most Beautiful Home” by virtually every home design rag in town. Truly, it is. I wrote about the home when Mark Godson of Compass first listed it. I will never forget…

‘It’s Not Essential Business’: The Hot Take That Earned Rogers Healy Recognition

By Mary Cate Long / December 15, 2020 /

Back in March and April when the state of Texas issued shelter-in-place orders, the dividing line between “stay home” or “business-as-almost-usual” was a simple distinction: Is this an essential business? But Rogers Healy, founder and CEO of the real estate brokerage Rogers Healy and Associates, took a seemingly counterintuitive stance. That stance earned Healy and…

Ebby Halliday Companies Opens New Southwest Dallas Office

By CandysDirt / November 21, 2020 /

From Staff Reports Ebby Halliday Realtors has deepened their commitment to the southern Dallas area with their new Southwest Dallas Office. Located on Highway 67 in Cedar Hill, the state-of-the-art office will replace the longtime Southwest Dallas | Ellis County office. “This beautiful new office is built for the future,” says Chris Kelly, president and…