Dara Allen

Contact Me:

Compass Real Estate
dara@daraallen.com

About Dara Allen:

Dara Allen has consistently remained among the top agents in Austin and enjoys an exemplary reputation among real estate professionals in her twenty two-year career. She is a longtime member of Austin’s Elite 25 and a 2021 member of Luxury League.

With a definitive "big picture" outlook on real estate, combined with her notable reputation for attention to detail, Dara's passion and expertise in her business is evident to both buyers and sellers. A specialist in many of Austin's most desirable areas, including Westlake, Barton Creek, Seven Oaks, Spanish Oaks, Tarrytown, Pemberton Heights and Lake Travis. Dara exhibits an intense knowledge of housing markets, trends, marketing and advertising, schools, new construction, complex financing and interior design.

Bringing a particular "West Coast savvy" to all of her real estate practices, Dara previously excelled in the high profile markets of Los Angeles' famed "platinum triangle" which include the exclusive enclaves of Bel Air, Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills. Her many celebrity clients included entertainment industry elite, star athletes and Grammy Award-winning musicians.
Dara is active in the Austin community and gives her time to a variety of charitable causes, including Dell Children's Hospital and as a co-host of Party With A Purpose, which raises funds for international surgical care in underdeveloped areas, as well as The Children of Fallen Soldiers and Matthew McConoughey’s j.k. livin foundation. She and her husband are also Benefactors of the Texas Ranger Foundation.

Dara lives in Austin with her husband, actor/producer Todd Allen, and their youngest daughter, Shelby. Older daughter, Avery Honigblum and son-in-law, Blake Honigblum live nearby in Alamo Heights. Dara's vast knowledge of schools is accredited to family and friends from Eanes ISD, Austin ISD, Trinity Episcopal, St. Gabriel's, St. Michael's Academy, Alpha, Marymount, and the University of Texas.
Dara is assisted by Victoria Davis, Realtor.