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.
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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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Miller, who previously served as president of T3 Sixty, will officially assume the new position on May 3, according to a press release.
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Paramount Residential Mortgage Group has announced that industry veteran Eileen Andersen will serve as vice president of strategic growth.
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Board member Stephen Joyce will serve as interim CEO as the company conducts a search for a permanent replacement.
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The company plans to continue to add staff as more homeowners who are ready to move decide to keep their homes as investment properties.
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Bspoke Title Holdings recently announced the addition of John Magness, Sarah Blackburn, Patricia Rissanen, Britt Naponic and Michael Neary, Jr. to its executive management team, according to a press release. Magness, the company’s chairman, is a 30-year industry veteran
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Guaranteed Rate’s Language Access Program (LAP) aims to connect more meaningfully with Spanish-speaking customers. Industry veteran Arlyn J. Kalinski will lead the initiative.
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Rick Bechtel, an industry veteran with more than 30 years of mortgage experience, has been named by Compass as the new president of mortgage.
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Rick Lang has been named as the first chief operating officer of Gateless: a new mortgage technology company which utilizes artificial intelligence.
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Davidson Homes, a rapidly growing home builder based in Huntsville, Alabama, recently fortified its leadership team with the promotion of Greg Duriez to chief operating officer and the appointment of Jeff Deane as chief financial officer.
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Douglas Elliman Real Estate has promoted its president and chief operating officer, Scott Durkin, to chief executive officer. Dottie Herman has been appointed vice-chair.
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The new executive joins RentPath from ParkMobile, which provides an app to help drivers pay for metered parking remotely.
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As the new senior escrow officer and branch manager for the company’s new Memorial location, Davila will oversee office operations, assist customers and uphold the company’s service standards.
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Johanson will serve as VP of sales for the luxury real estate firm’s six Houston offices, helping with strategic growth, agent recruitment and development, and sales transaction consultations.
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The famous trio Fredrik Eklund, Julia Spillman and John Gomes will begin listing homes in Houston and throughout the state through Douglas Elliman.
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With the acquisition, publicly traded Landsea Homes will enter the Texas and Florida housing markets.