Ebby Halliday
An icon of Dallas real estate has left us: Mary Frances Burleson, longtime president and CEO of the Ebby Halliday Companies. The Ebby Halliday Companies announced that Burleson, 87, died Sunday morning of natural causes. Burleson famously began as the secretary of Mrs. Ebby Halliday, the company’s namesake founder, and rose to become the company’s…
Sometimes you look at a house and say “Oh, how cute is that?” Then you flip through and see the backyard with the way cool pool and a big old lot, and think “DANG, this comes with it, too?” And considering the market right now, where interest rates are reducing buying power and making what…
Up in Denton, there are houses, obviously. Lots of them. Plenty within walking distance to downtown Denton’s Square, too. It’s common to see Craftsman-style homes and little bungalows from the 1940s and beyond. But one architectural style that’s not as common? The good ol’ midcentury. And yet, here it is in all its remodeled glory.…
This Preston Trails soft contemporary was built in 1973, during a period in history where individualism and self-expression were priorities. That translated to our residential architecture. The concept of open-plan living was introduced in this decade, and we saw cleaner lines, angles, vaulted ceilings, and large windows. Sound familiar? As the saying goes, everything old…
Two years ago, Ebby Halliday’s Janine Bayer helped her incredibly tasteful buyers purchase this home. Bayer said at the time it was a blank slate with a great layout. And now, it’s so good it received multiple offers and a call for best and final within days of hitting the market. And yes, that has…
