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Real Trends Names Ebby Halliday Companies Parent No. 1 in U.S.

By CandysDirt / April 3, 2021 /

In today’s world of real estate, success for a brokerage is ultimately determined by its agility. Its agility is determined by the vision of its leadership, and the leadership is put in place by a parent company that has risen to where they are by being agile and having visionary leadership themselves. Such is the…

Ebby Halliday Companies Celebrate 75 Years of Service

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2020 /

The legacy of Ebby Halliday began in 1945, when this bold woman parlayed her wisdom, generosity, business acumen, and endurance into what is today the No. 1 residential real estate brokerage in Texas. This year, Ebby Halliday Companies celebrates its 75th anniversary serving the real estate needs of North Texans and those relocating to the…

Meet Chris Kelly, New CEO of Ebby Halliday

By Candy Evans / November 13, 2018 /

If Ebby could have flown down and hand-picked a charming, intelligent, engaging millennial to lead her company into the 22nd century, or what Thomas Friedman calls the “Age of Acceleration,” I have no doubt she would have picked Chris Kelly. I had a chance to sit down and grill Chris last week, and even with…

More Details on the Sale of Allie Beth Allman & Associates to HomeServices of America: Nothing, Not Even Signs, Changing

By Candy Evans / November 12, 2015 /

I’ve got more details to share about the Allie Beth Allman & Associates sale after speaking to founders Allie Beth and Pierce Allman yesterday, and some additional insight from Ron Peltier, chairman and CEO of HomeServices of America, Inc., whom I spoke to briefly yesterday afternoon. There are so many questions about this game-changer in…

Breaking: Allie Beth Allman Sells to Warren Buffett Real Estate

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2015 /

Huge news in the Dallas high-end broker industry: Dallas’ own Allie Beth Allman & Associates has sold to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. I’ve suspected that something’s up with Allie Beth Allman & Associates for a couple of weeks now, but couldn’t put my finger on it. Last week, I got word that Allie Beth’s affiliation…