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    Luxury real estate firm moves into Texas with stars of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing

    John Egan
    Apr 16, 2021 | 1:35 pm
    Fredrik Eklund
    The Million Dollar Listing star is headed to Texas.
    Bravo TV

    Three reality TV stars are coming to Texas as part of Douglas Elliman Real Estate’s expansion in the Lone Star State.

    Douglas Elliman Real Estate, which already handles deals for high-end homes and condos in Houston, said April 15 that it has opened offices in Austin and Dallas. Douglas Elliman says Fredrik Eklund, John Gomes, and Julia Spillman of Bravo TV’s Million Dollar Listing — which airs New York City and Los Angeles editions — will work from the firm’s Houston, Austin, and Dallas offices. The trio most recently were based at the firm’s New York City location.

    No word on where in Texas the Million Dollar Listing stars are setting down roots.

    “I am proud to be entering Texas with the support of Douglas Elliman,” Eklund, co-founder of The Eklund | Gomes Team, says in a company news release. “Texas is the most exciting market in the country right now, with buyers from California, New York, and Florida relocating here. We are looking forward to making real estate history with our new colleagues.”

    Aside from Texas and New York, The Eklund | Gomes Team maintains a presence in California, Florida, and New Jersey.

    New York City-based Douglas Elliman’s new offices in Austin and Dallas join the Houston office, which opened in 2019.

    “Austin’s luxury market is booming,” Jacob Sudhoff, CEO of Douglas Elliman’s Houston-based Texas division, says in the news release. “As the premier luxury brokerage and No. 1 seller of new development in the country, entering into the Austin market was a natural fit.”

    Matthew Ditlow, formerly of DEN Property Group, leads the firm’s Austin office, at 500 W. Second St. The office is hiring agents in Austin, where it already has more than $1.3 billion in new condo projects in the pipeline.

    Douglas Elliman also is adding agents in Dallas. There, the firm has about $1.1 billion in new condo projects in the pipeline.

    “Dallas is the largest luxury real estate market in the state of Texas,” Sudhoff says. “As the premier luxury brokerage that sells the most expensive homes in the U.S., we have an amazing opportunity not to just raise the bar, but also do something different. Our technology advances, combined with our national footprint and international reach, [are] going to bring [an] unprecedented platform to Dallas like no other firm.”

    Michael Reddell heads the firm’s new Dallas office, at 4514 Travis St. in Highland Park.

    Later this year, Douglas Elliman plans to open a retail store at the Shops at Arrive in Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood that it says will be similar to an Apple store’s Genius Bar and a Starbucks coffeehouse.

    Established in 1911, Douglas Elliman is the second largest independent residential real estate brokerage in the U.S. as measured by sales volume. Douglas Elliman, a subsidiary of Miami-based Vector Group Ltd., posted revenue of $774 million in 2020 on sales of $29.1 billion.

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    Celebrity listing

    Country star Miranda Lambert lists Texas childhood home for $1.6 million

    John Egan
    Mar 13, 2026 | 9:15 am
    18621 Country Rd 477-1, Lindale Miranda Lambert childhood home
    Photo courtesy of Compass
    Miranda Lambert's childhood homestead, at 18621 Country Rd. 477, in Lindale, Texas is for sale.

    The 25-acre childhood homestead of country music star Miranda Lambert — whose popular ballad “The House That Built Me” very well could apply to the Grammy winner’s upbringing — is on the market in East Texas for nearly $1.6 million.

    According to Mansion Global, Lambert and her parents, Beverly and Rick, have listed the estate nearly 30 years after the family bought the main residence there.

    She and her family moved into the house when she was 14 years old. Lambert lived there till age 21, when she relocated to the adjacent “pink house,” which she purchased with money from her first big record deal.

    Lambert still owns the “pink house,” and her parents have vacated the primary home but still own everything except their daughter’s house, Mansion Global reported. The property is in Lindale, about 120 miles east of Fort Worth.

    Miranda Lambert Miranda Lambert received the 2023 TMAA for achievement in music and songwriting. Photo by Taylor Prinsen Photography

    The main attractions at the four-bedroom, five-bathroom, 103-year-old property are its two cottage-style homes, stocked three-acre pond, and shooting range.

    “The main residence showcases hardwood flooring, built-in cabinetry, textured walls, and vintage details that add character throughout,” says the listing from Lee Trowbridge of Compass. “Light-filled living spaces connect naturally to porches, decks, and courtyard areas, offering comfortable transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces.”

    The second home offers views of the pond and its own outdoor areas.

    The property, an old dairy farm at 18621 County Road 477, also includes:

    • A soaking tub in the primary bathroom.
    • An outdoor kitchen.
    • A brick courtyard.
    • A warehouse.
    • A shop with a bathroom and living quarters.
    • Three RV hookups.

    “Experience this rare opportunity to enjoy land, water, multiple residences, and a piece of music history in a setting that feels both quiet and connected,” the listing says.

    Part of Lambert’s music history is the 2009 song about “The House That Built Me,” which Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin originally wrote for her first husband, country music star Blake Shelton.

    When you read some of the lyrics of that tune, you can picture a young Lambert at the Lindale home:

    I know they say you can’t go home again

    I just had to come back one last time

    Ma’am, I know you don’t know me from Adam

    But these handprints on the front steps are mine

    Up those stairs in that little back bedroom

    Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar

    And I bet you didn’t know under that live oak

    My favorite dog is buried in the yard

    Lambert maintains strong ties to her hometown. There, she owns the Pink Pistol boutique, located on Miranda Lambert Way, according to Mansion Global. The tasting room for Red 55 Winery, which Lambert and her family started in 2005, is attached to the boutique.

    18621 Country Rd 477-1, Lindale Miranda Lambert childhood home

    Photo courtesy of Compass

    Miranda Lambert's childhood homestead, at 18621 Country Rd. 477, in Lindale, Texas is for sale.

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