Texas realtor breaks own Guinness World Record with $2B in home sales

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May 5th, 2022 – The Houston Chronicle – If you needed more of an indication on how wild the Texas housing market was during the COVID-19 pandemic, this Dallas realtor once again broke his Guinness World Record for home sales. Here is what you need to know. 

Ben Caballero was already a two-time Guinness World Record holder when he broke his home sales record for a third time by individually selling 6,438 homes, worth more than $2.46 billion, in 2020, according to a Wednesday, May 4 news release. Caballero’s sales were made during a time where interest rates, and inventory, were low…more

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