Home sales increase 10.3% annually in Houston

Houston Agent Magazine 7/25 3:13A Emily Marek

Houston home sales increased 10.3% year over year during the week ended July 21, according to the latest Weekly Activity Snapshot from the Houston Association of REALTORS® . Buyers closed on 1,864 properties during the week, up from 1,690 a year...

New-home sales climb in June as median price dips

Houston Agent Magazine 7/24 8:39A John Yellig

New-home sales rose in June, but not to the level expected by analysts, as the median-sales price of new homes declined, and inventory increased. Specifically, newly built homes were sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 627,000, up 0.6%...

Mark Goodwin joins The Federal Savings Bank as regional senior vice president

Houston Agent Magazine 7/24 3:04A Emily Marek

Mark Goodwin and his team joined The Federal Savings Bank . Goodwin will assume the role of regional senior vice president for the lender. Previously, Goodwin was president of mortgage lending at First National Bank for 14 years. Known in the...

Judge dismisses Texas antitrust case, upholds three-way membership policy

Houston Agent Magazine 7/24 2:57A Emily Marek

A U.S. District Court judge in Texas dismissed an antitrust case that alleged the National Association of REALTORS ® policy of mandatory involvement in local, state and national Realtor associations violates federal antitrust laws. The lawsuit...

Nan and Company Properties named exclusive brokerage for The Beverly

Houston Agent Magazine 7/23 6:47A Emily Marek

Nan and Company Properties will serve as the exclusive sales and marketing partner of The Beverly, a luxury condominium development in Houston’s Tanglewood neighborhood. The seven-story mid-rise , developed by G.T. Leach and RAMA Co., features...

NAR: Existing-home sales price hits all time high in June

Houston Agent Magazine 7/23 6:38A John Yellig

The median-sales price for existing homes hit an all-time high for the month in June, as the pace of sales declined, the National Association of REALTORS® said. Courtesy of the National Association of REALTORS®. The median existing-home sales...

John Hancock’s home for sale in Boston

Houston Agent Magazine 7/23 4:53A Elizabeth Kanzeg Rowland

For the first time in generations, the historic Ebenezer Hancock House in Boston is on the market. Founding Father John Hancock, famed signer of the Declaration of Independence, owned the home and purportedly hid nearly 2 million French silver...

Regency active-adult community coming to Sienna MPC

Houston Agent Magazine 7/18 7:04A Emily Marek

Toll Brothers will build Regency at Sienna, a 55-plus, active-adult neighborhood within the Sienna master-plan in Missouri City. Construction is expected to begin late this year. The builder will offer 12 floor plans for 50-, 60- and 70-foot...

Housing starts climb 4.6% in June despite softening single-family sector

Houston Agent Magazine 7/18 5:30A John Yellig

New-home construction rose in June on the back of a surge in the multifamily sector, while single-family starts declined. Overall new-home construction, which includes single-family homes as well as apartments, rose 4.6% month over month to a...

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...

Texas REALTORS® secured major legislative wins in the 89th Legislative Session

Houston Agent Magazine 7/6 11:43P Christy Gessler

Texas REALTORS® secured major legislative victories during the 89th Texas Legislature, successfully advancing key bills that protect private property rights, streamline real estate transactions and support a robust housing market. These wins...

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....