“The past year brought a welcome sense of balance back to the Houston housing market,” said HAR Chair Theresa Hill with Compass RE Texas.

The seller’s agents are Kathryn Johnson and Michelle Bergkamp of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, who call the property “pure Alice in Wonderland magic.”

These are the five most expensive homes sold in greater Houston in 2025, as well as the agents responsible for the transactions.

The publication cited acquisitions of Anywhere Real Estate and @properties Christie’s International Real Estate, as well as Compass’ improved profitability in 2025, as evidence of Reffkin’s power in the industry.

Affordability challenges continue to bedevil homebuyers, despite mortgage rates falling to a three-year low, the National Association of Home Builders reported. 

A 20,000-square-foot estate within the Royal Oaks Country Club tops December’s list of the 10 most expensive homes sold in greater Houston.

Research showed a disproportionately high share of foreign-born workers active in the construction trades nationally in 2024.

The longtime executive said he was leaving now that the company has completed its integration with Rocket Companies, which acquired it last year. 

The bill amends the Texas Real Estate License Act, modernizing real estate agency law and clarifying the broker-buyer relationship, and adds new continuing education requirements for brokers.

Hear Gardner’s takes — and a few predictions of his own — in this exclusive interview.

President Trump’s proposal to ban investment firms from buying single-family homes is unlikely to have a major impact on affordability, observers said.

Compass, Inc. and Anywhere Real Estate Inc. have officially completed their all-stock merger and will now operate as Compass International Holdings (CIH), led by chairman and CEO Robert Reffkin. 

Furthermore, despite only making up 4.3% of statewide sales in 2025, $1 million-plus homes made up 17.2% of the state’s total dollar volume.

Based on total new-home sales closed last year, the community from Land Tejas and Starwood Land ranked No. 5 in the United States, with 1,024 sales.

Stockholders of both Compass, Inc. and Anywhere Real Estate Inc. have overwhelmingly approved all proposals tied to the companies’ previously announced merger, signaling strong investor support for the $1.6 billion deal.

Pearl assigned a Pearl SCORE to every one of the 92 million single-family homes in the U.S., rating them on how well each performs across five factors of home life: safety, comfort, operations, resilience and energy.