James Turner promoted to director of growth for BHGRE Gary Greene

Houston Agent Magazine 8/29 3:26A Emily Marek

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene promoted James Turner to its director of growth. Turner’s career began in his hometown of London, where he developed real estate businesses and trained agents for over a decade. He relocated to...

Survey Results: How can new construction better serve homebuyers?

Houston Agent Magazine 8/28 6:02A Houston Agent

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Former Masonic lodge for sale in New York

Houston Agent Magazine 8/28 3:00A Emily Marek

This former Masonic lodge in Little Falls, New York, was once a meeting place for a local chapter of the Freemasons. 5 & 9 Prospect St. (Dana Nimey-Olney Photography) Built in 1914, the property features French Gothic architecture, timber and...

Sales begin at Everly in Hockley

Houston Agent Magazine 8/27 10:42A Emily Marek

Homebuilders have begun sales at Everly , a Hockley master-planned community from Johnson Land Ventures. Three builders will build 308 homes in the first phase of development: Drees Custom Homes, Perry Homes and Westin Homes. “It’s always exciting...

Houston is building more new apartments than almost any other metro

Houston Agent Magazine 8/27 5:48A Emily Marek

Houston is the No. 8 metro area in the country for new apartment construction in 2025, according to data from RentCafe . The metro will add 14,439 units by the end of the year. While that’s a 37.6% year-over-year decrease in Houston, the metro is...

Retrofit retreat in New Hampshire

Houston Agent Magazine 8/21 6:29A Elizabeth Kanzeg Rowland

What gives this modern home a unique metallic look? It’s been carefully constructed out of retrofitted steel shipping containers using alternative construction methods. Fifteen shipping containers reinforced with anchors make up the home’s walls...

NAR: High inventory puts homebuyers in their ‘best position’ since pandemic lockdown

Houston Agent Magazine 8/21 5:41A John Yellig

Courtesy of the National Association of REALTORS®. Near-zero growth in home prices and housing inventory at its highest level since the COVID lockdown have put homebuyers in their best position in more than five years, the National Association of...

Green Brick Partners breaks ground on Riviera Pines

Houston Agent Magazine 8/21 4:50A Emily Marek

Green Brick Partners broke ground on Riviera Pines , a new-home community in Huffman, on Aug. 1. The project is the developer’s first in the Houston area. Trophy Signature Homes , Green Brick’s homebuilding subsidiary, will open model homes this...

Jeb Kolby named president of EMBER

Houston Agent Magazine 8/20 6:48A Emily Marek

EMBER promoted Jeb Kolby to the role of president. Kolby previously served as the real estate investment and development firm’s vice president of acquisitions and development, facilitating the launch of The Grand Prairie master-planned community...

Housing starts rise again in July thanks to multifamily sector

Houston Agent Magazine 8/19 7:25A John Yellig

New-home construction rose again in July thanks to another healthy increase in the multifamily sector; single-family starts managed a small increase. Overall new-home construction, which includes single-family homes as well as apartments and...

International homebuyers spent $4.8 billion on Texas homes

Houston Agent Magazine 8/19 5:12A Emily Marek

Homebuyers from foreign countries purchased $4.8 billion in Texas homes from April 2024 to March 2025, according to Texas REALTORS® . That dollar volume was up approximately $1.3 billion year over year. International transactions increased 9%...

Builder confidence remains low in August with dip in sentiment survey

Houston Agent Magazine 8/18 6:41A John Yellig

Homebuilder confidence fell one point from July to a reading of 32 in August as high mortgage rates, weak buyer traffic and supply-side challenges kept builder sentiment in negative territory, the National Association of Home Builders reported,...

MBA: Mortgage applications rise as mortgage rates slide on weakening U.S. economy

Houston Agent Magazine 8/6 5:37A John Yellig

Mortgage applications increased 3.1% last week as rates declined for the third week in a row on evidence of a dimming economic outlook, the Mortgage Bankers Association said, citing its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The average contract...

Waller named Houston’s hottest community in Q2

Houston Agent Magazine 8/5 6:07A Emily Marek

Home sales increased over 150% in Waller during the second quarter of the year — the highest year-over-year increase in sales of any Houston area community — earning it the top spot on the Houston Association of REALTORS’® Hottest Communities in...

From search to showing: How the MLS drives Houston real estate

Houston Agent Magazine 8/4 2:00A Paige Martin

In a real estate market as large, fast-moving and data driven as the greater Houston area, information is key. The Multiple Listing Service is the source for all local real estate information. Many people think the MLS is just a database, but it...