Houston Home Prices Reach Record Highs in April Despite Flat Sales The latest MLS release with April 2014 residential sales statistics has been posted in the HAR Newsroom. Please click HERE to read the release. It will be distributed to the media today so it will likely be reported in the new
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05/14/2014
Texas housing market slows in first quarter of 2014 amid continued demand Texas Association of REALTORS® releases the 2014-Q1 Texas Quarterly Housing Report. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—CONTACT: Stacy Armijo - Pierpont Communications, 512-448-4950 Apr 30 2014 — AustinThe Texas housing market’s rapid gr
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04/30/2014
This is a road map on how to buy a home. As with any map, you will find many different side roads and other shortcuts along the way. When you engage a Realtor® to help you find your way, you will find they not only smooth out the bumps, but they also help protect you, the home BUYER. In Texas,
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11/20/2013
If not the MLS, then who? NAR??? Yea right! A public facing website by the MLS just makes since! Do you think a broker can compete or maybe a franchise will step up and risk millions of dollars to compete? I just do not see that happening. Even if a broker or a franchise did choose to spend milli
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09/03/2013
Do you know what you're paying for every month? When you decide to buy a new home, a good first step is to determine how much mortgage you can afford. After talking to a mortgage broker or using a mortgage calculator, you may find a payment amount that falls well within your monthly budget. Keep
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08/13/2013
An Open Letter to all Realtors® Since the Board of Directors meeting on July 24, 2013, there has been a lot of MISinformation and just plain inaccurate claims and statements made about both NAR and Realtor.com. And I feel a need to help set the record straight. I, as a board member have been
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08/08/2013
When you think of your ideal home, do you envision a detached, single-family house with a big lawn? Many people associate this image with homeownership, but the best fit for you might be a historic townhome on a tree-lined street or a top-floor penthouse overlooking a city skyline. Whatever you
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07/27/2013
Fellow REALTOR®, A critical Call for Action regarding federal income tax reform will end very soon. To those of you who have already responded to the Call for Action, I sincerely thank you. I ask that you please spread the word among your REALTOR® friends and colleagues. To those who have not yet
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07/25/2013
Today is the big day... The day that we,REALTORS, will still be stuck in the mud or the day we pull our self up by the bootstraps and make a change to become the best that we can. I don't know what will happen today at the NAR board meeting, but I am sure it will be a day in history. Inman News d
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07/24/2013
An open Letter to Dale Stinton:Dale,I just finished reading Todd Carpenter's posting called "Why Online Consumers Love Zillow and Trulia More than You", http://realtynex.us/special-reports and I am reminded that the consumer is the key and the future of our business. We, as leaders must never for
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07/17/2013