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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Miller, who previously served as president of T3 Sixty, will officially assume the new position on May 3, according to a press release.

Paramount Residential Mortgage Group has announced that industry veteran Eileen Andersen will serve as vice president of strategic growth.