Compass Real Estate Texas

Just Dropped: Sensational Overton Crest Estate on Hilltop Acreage

By Eric Prokesh / May 17, 2024 /

Overton Crest? I wouldn’t hold it against you if you hadn’t heard of the posh and private little enclave inside Overton Park. I hadn’t heard of the pricey sub-development before today when two multimillion-dollar listings commanded my attention. The location of this listing at 4420 Overton Crest St. is spectacular with nearly two acres of…

Sophisticated And Smartly Updated, This Park Hill Perch is All One Could Want

By Eric Prokesh / September 16, 2022 /

The perhaps semi-hackneyed and overused Realtor-speak “curb appeal” jargon seems woefully insufficient to describe this lovely Park Hill perch at 2420 Lofton Terrace. Park Hill is one of the loveliest Near Southside neighborhoods, and this assiduously renovated gem is nothing short of enchanting. It’s difficult to imagine that this house, with its rich repertoire of…

Not all Dallas Real Estate Brokerages Agree on New Clear Cooperation MLS Rule

By Joanna England / November 13, 2019 /

Though there will be a period of adjustment, Chris Kelly, CEO of Ebby Halliday Companies, thinks ending off-MLS listings is for the better. That was his reaction to the National Association of Realtors’ new MLS Statement 8.0, the Clear Cooperation policy. The policy prohibits the use of off-market (or hip-pocket) listings except when marketing within…

Here Are Three Irving Neighborhoods and Homes You’ll Love

By Shelby Skrhak / May 5, 2019 /

For this week’s Suburb Sunday, we found fabulously diverse architecture in these three Irving homes in the popular neighborhoods of Hackberry Creek in north Irving near 114, Fox Glen in central Irving near O’Connor Road, and University Hills in east Irving near the University of Dallas. Which do you prefer? A Mid-Century Modern Marvel in…

Hotel California Meets Texas Ranch in This Curiosity-Piquing Aledo Estate

By Shelby Skrhak / April 24, 2019 /

When the grand Aledo estate at 107 Nueces Trail was listed for the first time ever, Southern Living magazine called it “Every Texan’s Dream.” They quoted listing agent John Zimmerman, who was with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty at the time, telling the Dallas Morning News it was “the biggest residential estate in Parker County…