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....

The $1.9 million onion-shaped dome home

Houston Agent Magazine 7/3 9:02A Emily Marek

This three-bedroom, four-bathroom listing in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is made of six spherical domes surrounding a larger central dome. It’s described as a “monolithic dome gem.” Observers, however, have compared the domes to onions, bubbles, boba...

Housing Scorecard: National factors weigh down Houston market outlook

Houston Agent Magazine 7/3 3:58A Houston Agent

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Texas has more new homes than any other state

Houston Agent Magazine 7/2 4:49A Emily Marek

Texas is the state with the most homes built post-2010, according to a recent analysis of United States Census Bureau data. The Steamboat Group Real Estate analyzed home ages in every state across the country and found that in Texas, 22.5% of all...

New builder Autograph Homes begins construction in Houston area

Houston Agent Magazine 7/1 7:31A Emily Marek

Autograph Homes , a new homebuilder founded by industry veteran James Miller, began construction on its first Houston-area homes. The builder’s current projects include three semi-custom builds in Spring Branch and three model homes at Two Step...

US Conference of Mayors backs Realtor.com’s Let America Build initiative

Houston Agent Magazine 6/30 6:16A John Yellig

The U.S. Conference of Mayors came out in support of Realtor.com s Let America Build campaign, which calls for reducing regulations to spur housing development . In a bipartisan best-practice policy statement approved at its annual meeting in...

Where does Houston rank in America’s Best Cities?

Houston Agent Magazine 6/30 5:42A Emily Marek

Houston is the No. 13 city in the United States, according to the annual America’s Best Cities ranking from Resonance Consultancy. The firm ranked U.S. cities with populations greater than 500,000 on three main factors: livability, including...

Brandon Russell

Houston Agent Magazine 6/30 4:20A Houston Agent

What was your most interesting job before going into real estate? I was involved in hospitality management for close to a decade prior to making the transition to real estate. I found that many of my personal skills were highly transferable....

Baird & Warner acquires Dream Town

Houston Agent Magazine 6/26 6:39A Jacqui Mueller

Baird & Warner has acquired Dream Town , which will now represent a combined entity of almost 3,000 agents, loan officers and staff. The merger now forms the second-largest brokerage in the region by number of properties sold in 2024. There will...

Houston single-family rentals still in high demand

Houston Agent Magazine 6/26 5:53A Emily Marek

Leases of single-family rentals increased 7.7% in Houston last month, according to the latest Rental Market Update from the Houston Association of REALTORS®. Renters signed 4,602 SFR leases in May, up from 4,272 during the same month in 2024....

FHFA directs Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to accept cryptocurrency in mortgages

Houston Agent Magazine 6/26 4:55A Jacqui Mueller

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William J. Pulte posted to X issuing an order that directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider cryptocurrency as an “asset for single-family loans.” Cryptocurrency has not been a consideration in...

Compass files federal antitrust lawsuit against Zillow

Houston Agent Magazine 6/23 4:44A Emily Marek

Compass has sued Zillow, claiming that the listing giant is breaking antitrust laws with its Zillow Access Standards private listing ban, enacted on May 28 . That ban notably barred any listings that had previously been marketed off-MLS,...

Francisco Martinez

Houston Agent Magazine 6/20 8:13A Houston Agent

What was your most interesting job before going into real estate? I previously worked in Radiology for over a decade. I got to see and assist in lots of interesting procedures. Where did you grow up? Here in Houston, Texas. Growing up, what did...