Garcia Real Estate Group affiliates with The Real Brokerage

Houston Agent Magazine 2/24 6:26A Emily Marek

Garcia Real Estate Group, led by Haley Garcia, joined The Real Brokerage. The six-person team, previously affiliated with Keller Williams The Woodlands Magnolia , will now operate as part of Real’s Real Luxury division. Garcia has 25 years of...

Tri Pointe to develop Evergrove MPC in Richmond with Toll Brothers

Houston Agent Magazine 2/23 3:39A Emily Marek

Tri Pointe Homes will serve as the lead developer for Evergrove, a new master-planned community in Richmond featuring 45- to 80-foot homesites. The community is a joint venture with Toll Brothers , which will build five collections of...

Housing trends in 2026: What builders are seeing

Houston Agent Magazine 2/23 2:30A Jacqui Mueller

Affordability continues to be a challenge in housing, and a new report from the National Association of Home Builders shows how that’s influencing both buyers and builders in 2026. Home prices have climbed much faster than incomes over the last...

Maple Development opens models at Aldeana in Bonney

Houston Agent Magazine 2/18 4:18A Emily Marek

Maple Development Group opened model homes at Aldeana , its 433-acre master-planned community in the Pearland area. Located at 414 County Road 618 in Bonney, Aldeana features 1,363 homesites and 21 acres reserved for commercial space. Builders...

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...