Chris Kelly

Selzer Ascends to Sales Leader at Ebby Halliday’s Lakewood, Lake Highlands Outpost

By Candy's Dirt / April 6, 2021 /

From Staff Reports Doug Selzer, who has been a member of the Ebby Halliday family since 2012, has been named sales leader at the brokerage’s Lakewood | Lake Highlands Office. Chris Kelly, president and chief executive officer of the Ebby Halliday Companies, and Malinda Howell, vice president of brokerage, recently made the announcement. “Doug has…

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Ebby Halliday Companies CEO Chris Kelly Named RISMedia 2021 Real Estate Newsmaker

By Candy's Dirt / March 13, 2021 /

As an RISMedia ‘2021 Real Estate Newsmaker,’ Ebby Halliday Companies President & CEO Chris Kelly is a member of a dynamic group of key influencers making headlines as a result of their newsworthy contributions to the real estate industry, and their efforts to positively affect the consumers and communities they serve. RISMedia is considered by…

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From Humble Beginnings to Humble Brags as Collin County Leader

By Candy's Dirt / February 27, 2021 /

Ebby Halliday Realtors first began expanding “into the boonies” in the early 1970s. At that time, the northern exurb of Plano was a sleepy farming community transforming itself from cotton fields to tract and custom homes. Plano was large, equal in area to that of Richardson and Carrollton combined (both already had Ebby offices), and…

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Goodbye Closing Table, Hello Rapid Close

By Candy's Dirt / February 6, 2021 /

While residential real estate was, and always will be a “relationship” business, COVID-19 has hastened what was already coming for the industry: game-changing tech solutions for buyers and sellers, resulting in a more efficient and seamless home buying and selling journey. Developers have been hard at work over the last year rolling out products that…

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Ebby Halliday Companies Achieves $7.9 Billion in 2020 Sales, Up $1B From 2019

By Candy's Dirt / January 19, 2021 /

A year ago today, we had not a clue what was just ahead on the horizon. The Ebby Halliday Companies were gearing up for a year of celebration, commemorating 75 years in business. And everyone was already sprinting into the spring market, which got off to an early start.  We all know what happened next. …

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