HAR starts key-share agreement with Beaumont Board of REALTORS®

Houston Agent Magazine 2/16 9:18A Emily Marek

The Houston Association of REALTORS® entered into a key-share agreement with the Beaumont Board of REALTORS® . The reciprocity accord means expanded property access for real estate agents in southeast Texas, HAR said, as HAR MLS subscribers with...

Report: Builders cutting prices faster than homeowners for first time

Houston Agent Magazine 2/16 3:35A Jacqui Mueller

In a rare housing market shift, newly built homes saw price reductions more frequently than existing homes in late 2025 for the first time in recent history, according to a new report from Realtor.com . Realtor.com’s Quarterly New Construction...

Home sales are heating up in these greater Houston ZIP codes

Houston Agent Magazine 2/9 9:30A Emily Marek

Nearly all of the top ZIP Codes for greater Houston home sales are in the suburbs and beyond, according to the Q4 2025 ZIP Watch from the Houston Association of REALTORS® . The association tracked the top 10 ZIP codes with the greatest...

Hillwood, David Weekley to gift mortgage-free home to US Navy veteran at Pomona in Manvel

Houston Agent Magazine 2/9 9:09A Emily Marek

Hillwood Communities and David Weekley Homes are partnering with Building Homes for Heroes to provide a new mortgage-free home for United States Navy veteran Hospital Corpsman Gabriel George. The home is located within Pomona, Hillwood’s...

Home sales begin at Wildtree in Magnolia

Houston Agent Magazine 2/4 3:21A Emily Marek

Five builders began new-home sales at Wildtree, a master-planned community from Shea Homes in Magnolia. Eight model homes are now open for viewings, with a football-themed grand opening planned for Feb. 7. Shea Homes, Coventry Homes , Newmark...

How I met my top 3 clients

Houston Agent Magazine 2/1 10:30P Oleg Komarnytskyy

Every real estate agent dreams of landing that life-changing client. The one who trusts you and sticks with you for years. The three clients who have spent the most money with me didn’t come from luck or referrals. They came from a mix of...

Ashley Day

Houston Agent Magazine 1/26 3:49A Houston Agent

What was your most interesting job before going into real estate? Labor and employment lawyer, but also loved being bartender and waitress in college! Where did you grow up? New Orleans, and still have my 504 phone number, which is so HUGE in...

HAR: Strong rental demand likely to persist in 2026, despite easing affordability for homebuyers

Houston Agent Magazine 1/26 1:37A Emily Marek

Single-family rental demand remained strong at the end of 2025, according to the December/Full-Year 2025 Rental Market Update from the Houston Association of REALTORS®. Leases of single-family rentals leapt 9.4% year over year in December, with...

The Agency partners with Rechat

Houston Agent Magazine 1/21 5:24A Emily Marek

Rechat is now integrated with The Agency and will serve as a centralized operating platform for the brokerage. Agents affiliated with The Agency will now have access to Rechat’s CRM, the People Center, as well as a range of tools including a...

The Hearn Team departs Compass for BHGRE Gary Greene

Houston Agent Magazine 1/21 2:24A Emily Marek

The Hearn Team , led by Tory Hearn, is now affiliated with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene and will operate out of the brokerage’s Woodlands office. The team was formerly associated with Compass. “I wasn’t looking to make a...

2026 opens with a dip in builder confidence, interest rates

Houston Agent Magazine 1/16 6:48A John Yellig

Homebuilder confidence started the new year on a soft note, as buyers remained constrained by affordability issues despite mortgage rates hitting a three-year low. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes slid to 37 in...

New listings jump 14.8% in Houston as pending, closed home sales dip

Houston Agent Magazine 1/16 6:33A Emily Marek

Realtors added 3,819 properties to the MLS during the week ending Jan. 12 — a 14.8% year-over-year bump, according to the Weekly Activity Snapshot from the Houston Association of REALTORS® . Amid that surge in new listings, home sales decreased...

Leasing starts at The Langley high-rise in Museum District

Houston Agent Magazine 1/14 9:57A Emily Marek

StreetLights Residential began leasing for The Langley , a 134-unit, luxury high-rise building at 1717 Bissonnet St. in Houston. Located between the Museum District and Rice University , The Langley features two- and three-bedroom apartments...

Report: Immigrants drive housing production in top US homebuilding metros

Houston Agent Magazine 1/14 9:11A Elizabeth Kanzeg Rowland

Immigrant laborers play a key role in the housing pipeline, especially for the nation’s top homebuilding metros, according to a new study from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies . Research showed a disproportionately high share...

Existing-home sales end 2025 at highest pace in almost 3 years

Houston Agent Magazine 1/14 4:41A John Yellig

Existing-home sales in the U.S. jumped 5.1% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.35 million in December, surpassing the consensus expectation of 4.23 million and representing the highest rate in almost three years, the...