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Realtors Relief Foundation raises $500K for Texas flood aid

Houston Agent Magazine 7/17 6:31A Emily Marek
The Realtors Relief Foundation, a nonprofit run by the National Association of REALTORS®, raised half a million dollars for victims of the floods that hit south central Texas in early to mid-July. “Following the tragic floods in Texas, we at the...

Texas is one of the top states for international home purchases

Houston Agent Magazine 7/16 10:14A Emily Marek
Texas transactions made up 10% of all international home purchases this past year, according to a report from the National Association of REALTORS® . Across the United States, foreign buyers purchased $56 billion worth of residential real estate...

MBA: Tariff worries starting to show up in mortgage app numbers

Houston Agent Magazine 7/16 8:19A John Yellig
Mortgage applications slumped 10% last week as rates rose for the first time in three weeks on tariff worries, the Mortgage Bankers Association said, citing its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The average contract interest rate for...

MBA: Mortgage applications pop as rates fall to three-month low

Houston Agent Magazine 7/9 6:40A John Yellig
Mortgage applications jumped 9.4% last week as mortgage rates fell to their lowest level in three months, the Mortgage Bankers Association said, citing its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The average contract interest rate for conforming...

NAR claims real estate wins as House passes One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Houston Agent Magazine 7/3 10:47A Jacqui Mueller
The National Association of REALTORS® has claimed that the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the House delivers significant victories for homeowners and real estate professionals. President Trump will now sign the legislation into law....

The $1.9 million onion-shaped dome home

Houston Agent Magazine 7/3 9:02A Emily Marek
This three-bedroom, four-bathroom listing in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is made of six spherical domes surrounding a larger central dome. It’s described as a “monolithic dome gem.” Observers, however, have compared the domes to onions, bubbles, boba...

Texas has more new homes than any other state

Houston Agent Magazine 7/2 4:49A Emily Marek
Texas is the state with the most homes built post-2010, according to a recent analysis of United States Census Bureau data. The Steamboat Group Real Estate analyzed home ages in every state across the country and found that in Texas, 22.5% of all...

New builder Autograph Homes begins construction in Houston area

Houston Agent Magazine 7/1 7:31A Emily Marek
Autograph Homes , a new homebuilder founded by industry veteran James Miller, began construction on its first Houston-area homes. The builder’s current projects include three semi-custom builds in Spring Branch and three model homes at Two Step...

Where does Houston rank in America’s Best Cities?

Houston Agent Magazine 6/30 5:42A Emily Marek
Houston is the No. 13 city in the United States, according to the annual America’s Best Cities ranking from Resonance Consultancy. The firm ranked U.S. cities with populations greater than 500,000 on three main factors: livability, including...

Brandon Russell

Houston Agent Magazine 6/30 4:20A Houston Agent
What was your most interesting job before going into real estate? I was involved in hospitality management for close to a decade prior to making the transition to real estate. I found that many of my personal skills were highly transferable....

Baird & Warner acquires Dream Town

Houston Agent Magazine 6/26 6:39A Jacqui Mueller
Baird & Warner has acquired Dream Town , which will now represent a combined entity of almost 3,000 agents, loan officers and staff. The merger now forms the second-largest brokerage in the region by number of properties sold in 2024. There will...

Houston single-family rentals still in high demand

Houston Agent Magazine 6/26 5:53A Emily Marek
Leases of single-family rentals increased 7.7% in Houston last month, according to the latest Rental Market Update from the Houston Association of REALTORS®. Renters signed 4,602 SFR leases in May, up from 4,272 during the same month in 2024....
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