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The Most Common Fair Housing Complaints Last Year
The National Fair Housing Alliance’s 2018 Fair Housing Trends Report says the majority of fair housing complaints in 2017 involved...
Ernest Enriquez
May 30, 20181 min read
Texas Home Sales, Prices Increase During First Quarter of 2018
Despite declines in inventory and active listings, there were 70,292 homes sold in Texas in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of...
Ernest Enriquez
May 9, 20181 min read
New Custom Data Tool Now Available to Texas REALTORS®
You now have access to a powerful, intuitive tool that will help you and your clients quickly understand the market statistics in your...
Ernest Enriquez
Apr 12, 20181 min read
Texas real estate continues to break records while still recovering from Hurricane Harvey
Texas home sales increased 4% year-over-year in 2017 while the statewide median price jumped 6.7%, according to the 2017 Texas Real...
Ernest Enriquez
Mar 9, 20181 min read
Negotiations stalled? It’s time to ditch emails and texts
If you need more proof that in-person conversations are more powerful than a written message, here it is: how you communicate matters...
Ernest Enriquez
Feb 19, 20181 min read
How many people moved to Texas?
Texas ranked second in the nation for total incoming residents and net migration in 2016, according to the Texas Relocation Report...
Ernest Enriquez
Feb 9, 20181 min read
Why You Should Make Requests in Person
You may be a natural influencer or a fantastic writer, but research shows you’re probably overestimating your persuasion abilities via...
Ernest Enriquez
Jan 22, 20181 min read
Texas luxury home sales grow while prices stay flat
Texas home sales of $1 million and higher grew 19.1% to become the fastest-growing segment of the housing market in 2017, according to...
Ernest Enriquez
Dec 14, 20171 min read


98% of homebuyers and sellers have positive experiences with Texas REALTORS®
About 98% of homebuyers and sellers reported that their experience working with a Texas REALTOR® was either “good” or “excellent,”...
Ernest Enriquez
Nov 15, 20171 min read
Texas home sales decline slightly in third quarter of 2017
For the first time since 2012, the number of home sales in Texas declined on a quarterly basis. The Texas Quarterly Housing Report for...
Ernest Enriquez
Nov 6, 20171 min read
Texas condo and townhome sales top $5.4 billion
Condos and townhomes were one of the fastest growing segments of the Texas housing market in 2017. According to the Texas Condominium...
Ernest Enriquez
Oct 9, 20171 min read
Texas home sales activity jumps in first half of 2017
Texas home sales volume, home prices, and listings activity experienced strong gains in the first half of the year, according to the 2017...
Ernest Enriquez
Sep 8, 20172 min read
Texas international home sales top $18 billion
The sales dollar volume of international home purchases in Texas totaled $18.66 billion from April 2016 to March 2017, according to the...
Ernest Enriquez
Aug 15, 20172 min read


What a new report says about the effects of staging a property
According to the 2017 Profile of Home Staging from the National Association of REALTORS®, 49% of buyers’ agents said that staging had an...
Ernest Enriquez
Jul 26, 20171 min read


Texans are paying less on mortgage debt than the rest of the country
Texas homeowners have less mortgage debt than the rest of the U.S. thanks to home prices below the national average, according to the...
Ernest Enriquez
Jun 30, 20171 min read


Texas small land sales volume continues to grow while prices ease
The Texas Small Land Sales Report released today by the Texas REALTORS® shows a 14.2% increase in volume for 2016 while the average price...
Ernest Enriquez
Jun 23, 20172 min read
What homeowners insurance really covers
A survey commissioned by insuranceQuotes—an insurance-comparison website—found that 56% of surveyed homeowners think a standard...
Ernest Enriquez
Jun 2, 20171 min read
What your future clients will look like
Recent findings from the Pew Research Center show how demographic forces are driving population changes and reshaping how we live. Fewer...
Ernest Enriquez
May 26, 20172 min read
What’s happening in real estate so far in 2017
The Texas REALTORS® on May 3 released the Texas Quarterly Housing Report for the first quarter of 2017. Highlights include: 68,420 Texas...
Ernest Enriquez
May 3, 20171 min read
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