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2019 Best Brokerage Website: Coldwell Banker United, coldwellbankerhomes.com

An access point to the leading Coldwell Banker® companies across the country that are part of NRT, ColdwellBankerHomes.com connects users to the latest local listing information, comprehensive neighborhood data and local market experts. Serving more than half of the 100 largest

Employee or independent contractor?

A lawsuit against Cervera Real Estate – and a new bill passed in California – raise the question of classification

2019 Best Agent Website: Paige Martin, Houston Properties

As featured on Fox News in the Morning, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, Fortune, Forbes, Houston Business Journal, and Houston Magazine, Paige Martin leads The Houston Properties Team at Keller Williams Memorial. She is also ranked as the

2019 Charitable Service Award: Patti Lacy, Coldwell Banker United

Patti Lacy has been a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker since 2000. She is affiliated with the company’s Katy office. She’s also mom of four and a “Mimi” to four fabulous granddaughters. She enjoys volunteering with Katy Christian

Study: Undocumented immigrants don’t tank home prices

Research from Clever Real Estate shows no negative link between immigration and real estate sales prices.

2019 Best Team: The Jamie McMartin Group, Coldwell Banker United

The Jamie McMartin Group, an affiliated sales team with Coldwell Banker’s Katy office, is led by Jamie McMartin. The team consistently ranks as the top small team with the company, earning them the prestigious International President’s Elite Team designation

2019 Best Dressed: Ellie Riney, Bernstein Realty

Extroverted, detail-oriented, and a great listener, Ellie Riney is everything you could ever need from a Realtor®. After graduating from Benedictine University with a Bachelors in Health Science, Riney moved to Houston where she worked as the business development

Agent Snapshot: Morad Fiki, Luxury Home Expert, Keller Williams Platinum Realty

“I get to fulfill my passion for helping people achieve the American dream of homeownership.”

2019 Rookie of the Year: Leigh Stubbs, John Daugherty Realtors

Native Texan Leigh Heckmann Stubbs taps a cumulative network of contacts and a wealth of organizational and service experience to benefit her buyers and sellers. After holding prominent positions in organizations across the non-profit spectrum in Houston for more

The price is right in Houston

Overall, home values made their largest monthly climb in five years, which means homeowners and appraisers are more likely to agree on market price.

Return of spot loans could reinvigorate condo market

October 15 is perhaps best known as the day tax extensions are due, but for condo buyers and their agents, it’s also the day that the new Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rules on FHA loans for

2019 Managing Broker of the Year: Michael Bossart, Keller Williams Memorial

Michael Bossart is managing broker for Keller Williams Memorial located in Houston as well as CEO at Keller Williams Commercial Texas Gulf.  Michael was born in Lake Tahoe and graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1993

2019 Industry MVP: Amy Bernstein, Bernstein Realty

Amy Bernstein founded Bernstein Realty in January of 1985 as a way to combine her two greatest passions – people and real estate. Bernstein holds a Bachelor of Science degree in education from The University of Texas at Austin

2019 Agents’ Choice Awards Winners

Drumroll, please! Our second-annual Houston Agents’ Choice Awards celebrates the best real estate professionals in the industry. Our readers have spoken and here’s what they said: Association VIP: Shannon Cobb Evans, HAR Industry MPV: Amy Bernstein, Bernstein Realty Managing

2019 Association VIP: Shannon Cobb Evans, HAR

Shannon Cobb Evans has been building lifelong relationships with her clients one transaction at a time for more than 35 years. This serial top producer and award winner is in the business to represent the best interests of her

How to stay relevant in the age of iBuyers

Like it or not, iBuyers are here to stay, say industry experts. Here’s how to get a seat at the table.

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