BHGRE Gary Greene named No. 1 marketing department in franchise

Houston Agent Magazine 4/1 4:20A Emily Marek

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE) Gary Greene ’s marketing department was named the No. 1 marketing team in the entire BHGRE network. The team is led by Marketing Director Elizabeth Heckeroth and includes Creative Manager Alondra...

Rocket to acquire Mr. Cooper for $9.4 billion

Houston Agent Magazine 3/31 10:04A John Yellig

Rocket Companies has reached an agreement to acquire mortgage-servicing giant Mr. Cooper Group Inc. for $9.4 billion in stock. The deal comes less than a month after Rocket, the parent of Rocket Mortgage and other residential real estate...

Bona fide modern art by the beach

Houston Agent Magazine 3/28 7:50A Emily Marek

The original designs for this triplex are featured in the Museum of Modern Art . Designed by architect Eric Owen Moss in 1977, the multifamily home is located just minutes from the Pacific Ocean in Playa Del Rey, California. It contains two...

New, pending and closed listings all rise in Houston

Houston Agent Magazine 3/28 6:37A Emily Marek

Home sales and inventory increased in Houston during the week ended March 24, according to the Weekly Activity Snapshot from the Houston Association of REALTORS®. New listings saw the largest annual jump, with 4,117 properties added to the MLS....

NAR announces 61 job cuts, additions to senior leadership team

Houston Agent Magazine 3/28 6:34A Emily Mack

The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) recently announced major staffing changes. These include the elimination of 41 current positions and 20 open roles as well as multiple additions to the senior leadership team. Impacted departments...

Toll Brothers to build at Elyson in Katy

Houston Agent Magazine 3/27 5:56A Emily Marek

Toll Brothers will add a new section of homes at Elyson , a master-planned community in Katy. Model home construction will begin this summer, with sales slated to start this fall. The section, called Toll Brothers at Elyson, will include 340 homes...

Interest rates put ‘downward pressure’ on Texas new-home sales last month

Houston Agent Magazine 3/26 3:32A Emily Marek

New-home sales fell in Texas as interest rates sidelined buyers in February, according to the Texas New Home Sales Report from HomesUSA . Across Texas’ four largest cities, new-home sales increased year over year, but decreased month over month....

NAR keeps Clear Cooperation but adds delayed-marketing option

Houston Agent Magazine 3/25 7:41A John Yellig

After months of internal debate, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) opted to retain its Clear Cooperation Policy , which requires homes to be listed on an MLS within a day of being put on the market, but added a new listing option that...

Land ho! A ‘boathouse’ on solid ground in Sarasota

Houston Agent Magazine 3/25 7:08A Emily Marek

This property is actually two properties: a landlocked “boathouse,” plus its own personal lighthouse. Located at 433 N. Osprey Ave. in Sarasota, Florida, the pair were originally constructed for yacht captain Arthur Rowe in 1935, although the...

Audubon launches third district, Heron Run

Houston Agent Magazine 3/24 6:33A Emily Marek

Developers for Audubon , a master-planned community in Magnolia, began construction on a third district called Heron Run. Plans for the district include 1,424 homesites, with 821 expected to be delivered during the first phase of construction in...

Randall Davis holds grand opening for London House condo mid-rise

Houston Agent Magazine 3/24 4:19A Emily Marek

Randall Davis Company celebrated the grand opening of London House , a mid-rise condominium development in River Oaks. Only two residences are left for sale. The 12-story building includes 23 units featuring 10- to 13-foot ceilings, Gaggenau and...

Houston home sales dip year over year in February

Houston Agent Magazine 3/21 10:05A John Yellig

Home sales in the 52 metro areas surveyed by RE/MAX slid 2.6% year over year but gained 8.4% month over month. Nationally, the median-sales price was $423,000, up 3.1% year over year and 0.6% month over month. The average close-to-list-price...

Homebuyers motivated nationwide

Houston Agent Magazine 3/21 4:58A Elizabeth Kanzeg

Indicators of homebuying demand and activity are on the rise nationwide, according to a new report from Redfin . The brokerage site’s Homebuyer Demand Index hit its highest level in three months during the four weeks ended March 16. Google...

Toll Brothers adding homes at Woodson’s Reserve

Houston Agent Magazine 3/20 10:58A Emily Marek

Toll Brothers will release the Magnolia Collection, a new phase of homesites at the Woodson’s Reserve master-planned community in Spring. The new section of homes features waterfront properties with four to six bedrooms, three to five bathrooms...

NAR: Existing-home sales rise in February; market ‘flashing encouraging signs’

Houston Agent Magazine 3/20 7:18A John Yellig

Existing-home sales rose in February, as buyers slowly returned to the market to take advantage of more inventory and variety and despite elevated interest rates, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) said. Specifically, sales rose 4.2%...