NAR’s Lawrence Yun predicts home-sales growth of 9% or more in 2025

Houston Agent Magazine 2/7 5:16A Patrick Regan

Mortgage rates will dip to about 6% and home sales will grow about 9% to 13% in 2025, National Association of REALTORS® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said this week. Yun shared his predictions Monday during the Chicago Association of REALTORS’®...

HAR: Housing affordability improves again in Houston

Houston Agent Magazine 2/7 4:50A Emily Marek

Although Houston’s median home price rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2024, the average mortgage rate decreased, easing affordability constraints for buyers. According to the Houston Association of REALTORS’® Q4 2024 Housing Affordability...

Who is new HUD secretary, Scott Turner?

Houston Agent Magazine 2/5 9:09A Emily Mack

Scott Turner, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was confirmed to the role in a 55-44 vote on Feb. 5. Previously, Turner was a Texas state representative and White House senior aide. He...

Houston home sales rise incrementally year over year

Houston Agent Magazine 2/5 7:40A Emily Marek

Closings inched up 1.2% year over year in Houston during the week ended Feb. 3, according to the latest Weekly Activity Snapshot from the Houson Association of REALTORS® . Approximately 20 more homes sold compared to the same week in 2024....

Medieval in Maryland

Houston Agent Magazine 2/5 6:00A Emily Mack

In Silver Spring, Maryland, stands a modern castle . Built in 2004, the property blends luxury features with medieval architecture. It’s also massive. Set on two secluded acres of land, the home includes eight bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and...

HAR: Average list price up 3.4% year over year

Houston Agent Magazine 2/5 2:00A Emily Marek

Houston’s average listing price rose 3.4% year over year in January, according to the First Real Estate Snapshot of Houston (FRESH) Report from the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR). The average list price was $421,789 last month — in...

Harris Benson

Houston Agent Magazine 2/4 3:06A Houston Agent

What was your most interesting job before going into real estate? Working as a counselor at a sleep away summer camp for two summers at the end of high school and beginning of college. Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Louisville,...

Healthy home trends agents need to know

Houston Agent Magazine 2/2 10:45P Ali Al-Asady

In today’s competitive real estate market, standing out as an agent is more challenging than ever. Buyers and sellers are looking for expertise but also for added value that resonates with their lifestyle and priorities. One emerging trend...

Gothic Revival, bayou charm

Houston Agent Magazine 1/30 5:58A Emily Mack

A designated landmark, this New Orleans structure is a prime example of the South’s famous Gothic Revival architecture. The former church , built in 1903, served the Grace United Methodist congregation for almost 90 years. More recently, it’s...

Texas leads the pack for BTR construction

Houston Agent Magazine 1/28 5:48A Emily Marek

There are nearly 22,000 build-to-rent (BTR) units in Texas’ construction pipeline — that’s the highest number in any state in the country, according to Point2Homes . A majority of those BTR units are in Dallas, which has 8,470 single-family...

NAR: Existing-home sales rise for third month in a row in December

Houston Agent Magazine 1/24 8:17A John Yellig

Existing-home sales rose for the third month in a row in December, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) said. Specifically, sales rose 2.2% from November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...

Home prices rose in all major cities in 2024, including Houston

Houston Agent Magazine 1/24 7:41A Liz Hughes

For the first time in two years, home prices are on the rise in every major metro and Houston is one of them, according to a new Redfin report. In December, home prices increased year over year in all 50 of the country’s most populous...

Luxe Living Group joins Compass in Houston

Houston Agent Magazine 1/21 5:25A Emily Marek

The Luxe Living Group is now affiliated with Compass. The team of 26 agents, led by Bea Flores, was previously independent. “We are thrilled to join Compass and leverage the industry’s best support and proven technology,” Flores said in a press...

Development underway for Sunterra Lakes

Houston Agent Magazine 1/21 5:04A Emily Marek

via Starwood Land Development has begun for Sunterra Lakes, the ninth Houston-area master-planned community (MPC) from Starwood Land . Located minutes from Starwood’s top-selling MPC Sunterra ,...

73% of owners have regrets about their home purchase, survey finds

Houston Agent Magazine 1/17 4:36A Patrick Regan

Nearly three-fourths of homeowners said they have at least one regret about their home purchase, according to a new survey from insurance provider Hippo . The survey, conducted in November, found 73% of homeowners expressed regrets about their...