Patty Brooks

Ebby Halliday Companies Marks 80 Years With RealTrends Triumph

By CandysDirt / June 14, 2025 /

As Ebby Halliday Companies (EHC) celebrates 80 years of serving North and East Texas communities, it’s the talented agents and teams behind the brand who are driving its continued success — earning widespread recognition in the 2025 RealTrends Verified rankings for their outstanding performance and commitment to excellence. Made up of three of the area’s…

Reviving a Revival: The Reimagining of a Grand Historic Kessler Park Tudor 

By Karen Eubank / July 14, 2022 /

Historic preservation is always about love. It requires desire, vision, and care — all of the essential ingredients in any great love affair. You know you’re off the deep end when you look at a home and it makes your heart skip a beat. That’s just what happened to John Vranac and Jacob Kearns when…

High-Rise Living: Finding a Starter Condo on the Katy Trail

By Jon Anderson / April 25, 2017 /

When buyers select a single-family home, one of their criteria is of course, price, but there are other measurements of a successful home.  Yes, to an extent, location is dictated by costs, but the personality of a neighborhood isn’t. There are blocks that regularly socialize and those where anonymity is expected.  A lot of single-family…