Nan and Company Properties adds two Houston brokers to team

Houston Agent Magazine 9/27 3:00A Emily Marek

Nan and Company Properties has added to its growing team with two new brokers: Bob Jones and Maribel Juarez. Bob Jones, a 20-year veteran of the industry, has amassed a sales volume of over $56 million across over 2,500 transactions. The longtime...

Houston’s housing market is more valuable than it was last year

Houston Agent Magazine 9/26 9:10A Emily Marek

The value of Houston real estate increased over the last year, placing the metro among the top 20 most valuable housing markets in the nation, according to a new report from Zillow . The total value of the U.S. housing market jumped to $52...

Audubon announces slate of builders for new district

Houston Agent Magazine 9/26 4:00A Emily Marek

Audubon , a master-planned community in Magnolia, will soon begin construction on Creekside South. This new district in the community will include 232 homesites featuring the work of three prominent Houston-area builders: Sitterle Homes , Newmark...

Real estate organizations back John Whitmire for Houston mayor

Houston Agent Magazine 9/25 8:14A Emily Marek

Several prominent real estate organizations, including the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR), the Houston Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and the Greater Houston Homebuilders Association (GHBA), have stated their support for...

This futuristic home looks equally avant-garde on the inside

Houston Agent Magazine 9/25 5:47A Emily Marek

This other-worldly home may look like it’s about to get up and walk into the sunset — but for $2 million, it could be yours. Known as the Robert Bruno Steel House, the geometric abode offers stunning...

Cross Creek Ranch and Cross Creek West to host fall home tours

Houston Agent Magazine 9/25 3:27A Emily Marek

Two Fulshear master-planned communities from Johnson Development will host fall home tours throughout October. Both Cross Creek Ranch and Cross Creek West are opening their doors to visitors from Oct. 1 – 31 for the event, nicknamed the “All...

New-home numbers stabilizing in Houston

Houston Agent Magazine 9/22 7:44A Emily Marek

Houston’s new-home market is “finding its footing,” according to the New Home Sales Report from HomesUSA CEO Ben Caballero. New-home sales dropped from 1,875 closings in July to 1,760 closings in August, with pending sales down month over month...

HAR: Pending, closed listings fall in Houston

Houston Agent Magazine 9/22 4:00A Emily Marek

New listings fell flat during the 37th week of the year, according to the Weekly Activity Snapshot from the Houston Association of REALTORS®. Realtors entered 2,964 new listings into the Multiple Listing Service during the week ended Sept. 18 — a...

NAR: Existing-home price rises again as sales continue to slide

Houston Agent Magazine 9/21 10:01A John Yellig

Existing-home sales slowed again in August as the median sales price stayed above $400,000 for the third month in a row, the National Association of REALTORS® announced. Specifically, the median...

Custom home neighborhood coming to Harvest Green

Houston Agent Magazine 9/21 5:46A Emily Marek

Harvest Green , a master-planned community in Richmond, is continuing expansion with a new neighborhood of custom-built homes. Partners in Building will serve as the exclusive builder of the neighborhood, which will offer homes on 90-foot lots...

Houston single-family rental pace slows in August

Houston Agent Magazine 9/21 5:43A Emily Marek

Single-family rental activity in Houston decelerated from July to August, according to the latest Rental Market Update from the Houston Association of REALTORS®. However, leases still increased on a year-over-year basis. Leases of single-family...

Mortgage rates hit nearly 20-year high, cause home sales to tumble

Houston Agent Magazine 9/20 9:01A Liz Hughes

Canceled home-sales contracts hit their highest rate in almost a year as skittish homebuyers blanche at mortgage rates that are the highest they’ve been in more than 20 years, according to a new Redfin report . In August, 60,000 or 15.7% of sales...

Compass Houston appoints new strategic growth manager

Houston Agent Magazine 9/20 8:37A Emily Marek

Compass Houston hired Mario Tagle as its new strategic growth manager. Tagle previously worked at Side as an agent recruiter. “When deciding on my next career move, the choice was very clear for me — Compass,” Tagle said. “The reason I joined...

An indoor jungle in New Berlin

Houston Agent Magazine 9/20 5:43A Emily Marek

Situated on 17.5 acres of land that includes a private lake and beach, this one-of-a-kind property appears to have been carved right out of the earth. From the raw stone walls to the quirky cabinetry,...

Houston agents recognized in third annual LGBTQ+ Real Estate Top Producers list

Houston Agent Magazine 9/20 4:14A Emily Marek

The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance announced the rankings for its third annual LGBTQ+ Real Estate Top Producers list . Created in partnership with RealTrends and Sotheby’s International Realty, the ranking celebrates top-producing LGBTQ+ real estate...