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    Buying and Selling

    Most famous Dallas real estate firm sold to Warren Buffett

    Candy Evans
    May 22, 2018 | 10:10 am
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    Ebby Halliday Acers, who died in 2015, had become one of the most beloved women in Dallas.
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    Ebby Halliday Realtors will be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices of America, the Dallas-based real estate firm announced May 21.

    HomeServices CEO Ron Peltier delivered the news to 1,700 agents at a meeting inside The Star in Frisco and assured them that nothing would change — except that their parent now was a rich guy named Warren Buffett.

    Ebby Halliday Realtors is the 12th largest independent brokerage firm in the United States and the largest indie in North Texas. The sale includes Ebby’s three brands: Ebby Halliday Realtors, Fort Worth-based Williams Trew Real Estate, and Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate, as well as the company's affiliated mortgage and title companies.

    The firm was founded by a beloved icon, Ebby Halliday Acres, who lived until the age of 104, working nearly every day. Her funeral, at Park Cities Baptist Church in September 2015, was overflowing, and former First Lady Laura Bush eulogized her. Every Who’s Who in Dallas real estate attended, from Dave Perry-Miller (whose boutique luxury company Ebby acquired in 2007) to Robbie Briggs, Allie Beth Allman, and Pierce Allman.

    Allie Beth Allman & Associates even took out a full-page ad in the Dallas Morning News in Ebby’s honor. The Kansas native, who grew up selling Cloverine Salve, riding her pony in her rural farm community, migrated to Dallas and sold hats at a downtown department store in the 1940s. One of her customers said something to the effect of, "if she can sell my wife those dang hats, maybe she could help him sell some houses."

    And thus, in 1945, began one of the greatest real estate careers, and companies, in Texas history. Ebby Halliday built her brokerage from the ground up and became one of the most beloved women in Dallas.

    For years, the rumors had been flying that the huge brokerage was selling. Who would buy it? Warren Buffet, a local group consisting of the Perots and a couple others, or Weichert Real Estate, a New Jersey-based independent firm much like Ebby but with only 1,000 agents?

    Buffet, Ebby’s friend, often would call her directly and try to talk her into selling.

    “I was in her office once, and she was talking to Warren, just as easily as anything,” says one of her agents.

    Says another: “There were some who were told not to exercise their options to sell their stock, because something way better was coming.”

    About that stock — Ebby is an employee-owned company, but it was issued to very few people. Most of the heavy holders were the original founders of the company: Ebby Halliday; Mary Frances Burleson, who was her first secretary; Ron Burgert, who was a son of Ebby’s accountant and used to play in the office as a child; Maurice Acer;, and a handful of others, including managers.

    Sources say that Warren Buffet did try to buy Ebby first, but the price was too high, so they turned to Allie Beth Allman & Associates. HomeServices purchased Allie Beth in 2015, which, at the time, had 300 agents versus Ebby’s 1,700-plus. This gave HomeServices their foot into Dallas luxury real estate.

    Obviously, they liked what they bought so much, one firm was just not enough.

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    A version of this story originally was published on Candy's Dirt.

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    Senior Citizen News

    Dallas cuts slack on senior homeowners with new property tax exemption

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 11, 2025 | 2:07 pm
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    Dallas seniors who own a home got cut a break: On June 11, the Dallas City Council approved additional property tax relief for senior and disabled homeowners by increasing the city’s property tax exemption for residents who are 65 or older or disabled.

    The exemption amount will increase from $153,400 to $175,000, effective for the 2025 tax year.

    “We are proud to support our older and disabled residents with this increase," says Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert. “This exemption helps Dallas homeowners stay in their homes as they age.”

    The exemption applies to homeowner’s primary residence (homestead) and reduces the taxable value of the home by $175,000 for the City of Dallas portion of their tax bill.

    If the market value of a home is $218,750 or less, then eligible homeowners will pay no city of Dallas property taxes, as a result of the $175,000 65-or-older or disabled exemption and the 20 percent homestead exemption.

    Cutting back on property taxes for seniors has become a growing trend, with states and cities such as New Jersey and Atlanta taking steps in 2025 to provide relief to seniors in response to rising property values raising property taxes rates — most difficult for older homeowners on fixed incomes.

    Eligibility Requirements
    Under Texas law, homeowners may qualify for the Over-65 or Disabled Person Exemption if they meet the following qualifications. (You do not need to reapply if you already have this exemption.)

    • Must own and occupy the home as a principal residence (homestead)
    • Must be age 65 or older or certified as disabled under Social Security guidelines

    Only one of the exemptions (Over-65 or Disabled) may be claimed per homeowner per residence.

    If a resident is a surviving spouse of someone who received the Over-65 exemption, they can continue the exemption if they were 55 years old at the time of their spouse’s death.

    The City of Dallas spans several counties. To get the exemption, residents must apply through the appraisal district for the county in which their property is located, as follows:

    • Dallas County – dallascad.org
    • Collin County – collincad.org
    • Denton County – dentoncad.com
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