Making Moves

For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.

Compass Houston founder Bryan Beene joins Martha Turner Sotheby’s

Beene is a founding agent of Compass Real Estate in Houston and has represented buyer and seller clients in transactions of more than $32 million over the last decade.

Andrea Fowler promoted to vice president at Trustmark

Andrea Fowler has been promoted to vice president at Trustmark, the firm she joined earlier this year as a community lending specialist.

Poteet launches PRG, Realtors in Houston

Longtime real estate broker Chuck Poteet has launched PRG, Realtors, with over 110 agents signing on with the new Houston brokerage.

RE/MAX begins major push for new brokerages, layoffs to come with third-party tech adoption

The residential-brokerage franchisor announced a host of company-wide steps it is taking to grow its business. 

Ashton Woods names new regional president in Texas

Ashton Woods recently announced the appointment of Lindsay Motley as the new regional president of Texas divisions across the Ashton Woods and Starlight Homes brands.

RE/MAX Around Atlanta hires two Houston-area agents 

The new agents will continue to serve clients at Sugar Land, Texas-based RE/MAX Fine Properties, while growing their business in Atlanta. 

Compass expands sales management team in The Woodlands

Bethany McDaniel has joined the Compass RE Texas sales management team as an associate sales manager in The Woodlands.

Guaranteed Rate makes major fintech investments

Raman Muralidharan, Anand Cavale and Arun Tripathi are joining Guaranteed Rate as part of an effort to significantly expand the company’s offering of financial products.

Douglas Elliman announces Houston senior executive manager of sales

Luxury real estate firm Douglas Elliman Realty has appointed James Horne as its new senior executive manager of sales for Houston.

Howard Hughes Corp. names new SVP, MPC of residential development in Houston

With over 20 years of experience managing land development activity, Stephen Sams will take over the prior residential responsibilities of Heath Melton, who was recently promoted to president of the Phoenix region for HHC.

Loan officer Robert Spiegel signs with The Home Loan Expert

Spiegel is among the top 1 percent of loan officers in the nation and brings more than two decades of mortgage experience to the St. Louis-based company, according to a press release.

Fintech company Gateless names Joe Langner first president

Langner will lead the effort to drive development at the company, which uses AI technology to accelerate the loan origination process, and expand Gateless’s customer base.

Guaranteed Rate adds Sanjay Gupta as chief marketing and digital officer

In the role, Gupta will oversee all Guaranteed Rate marketing efforts, from branding and advertising to social media and PR. Additionally, he will focus on focus on growing the firm’s consumer direct business.

Howard Hughes Corp. appoints new chief innovation officer

The Howard Hughes Corp. (HHC) recently announced that Jesse Carrillo has been named the company’s chief innovation officer. 

Coldwell Banker appoints new regional vice president of Houston

Coldwell Banker Realty announced this week that Lisa Fleming has been named regional vice president of the company’s Houston region, where she will lead 15 offices and approximately 1,100 sales associates. 

Top Houston agent Michael Afshari joins Compass

In 2021, Afshari was the No. 1 Houston agent at Side Inc. and the No. 10 overall agent in Houston, based on sales volume data from BrokerMetrics.

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