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Texas New Homes Market Remains Steady

Dallas, Texas – September 23, 2019 – Texas’s new home market numbers showed stability in total new home sales, sales pace of new homes, and average sale prices statewide last month, despite a continuing decline in pending sales, according to its monthly report of new home sales data released today by HomesUSA.com. The new home…

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Agent Spotlight: Lynn Beaurline

A Texan for over 35 years, HomesUSA.com’s Lynn Beaurline is one of the top real estate agents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She studied at Harvard, Columbia, and SMU. Lynn has worked for several Fortune 500 companies and has owned three manufacturing companies. Specializing in new home sales, Lynn has helped hundreds of families across…

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MLS Information Is NOT ACCURATE if It is Not Timely and Complete

Accurate MLS listings protect a home builder’s brand, builds agent trust, minimizes misunderstandings and reduces potential legal consequences. However, just having correct information for MLS listings does not make them accurate. Listing information must be complete and continuously updated. Timeliness Sales can be lost when current information is not available to agents or syndicated websites.…

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August 2019 HomesUSA.com New Home Sales Index

Dallas, Texas – August 19, 2019 – Texas’s new home market appears to be cooling as total new home sales have declined statewide for the second straight month despite lower mortgage rates, according to a report released by HomesUSA.com®. Mortgage rates averaged below 4.00% in July, according to Freddie Mac, but the 12-month rolling average…

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Ben Caballero: Breaking Records in the Builder Segment

Ben Caballero: Breaking Records in the Builder Segment By Ben Caballero August, 2019 — It’s not often that you see the name of a real estate pro in “The Guinness Book of World Records,” but Ben Caballero, founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com, is in there for being “the most productive real estate agent in the…

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Why a Home’s MLS Price is So Important

A few weeks ago, I had a client whose maximum purchase price was $370,000. I searched MLS for listings between $350,000 to $400,000 with a mother-in-law suite. My MLS search returned nothing, but I remembered a builder that built such a plan and told my client we should visit them. He grumbled it would be…

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Show, Don’t Tell: Why Professional Real Estate Photography is Critical

In today’s visual world, image is everything and this is especially true in real estate. With nearly 95% of homebuyers using online search to begin their homebuying journey, professional real estate photography has become essential to selling new homes. According to the Center for REALTOR® Development (CRD): Home listings with high-quality photography sell 32% faster…

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July 2019 HomesUSA.Com™ New Home Sales Index

Houston Back on Top, Passes Dallas With Most New Home Sales HomesUSA.com Releases Texas New Homes Data for June While the hot Texas new home sales market may be cooling this summer, Houston just took back its position from Dallas-Ft. Worth as the state’s number one market for new home sales last month, according to…

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REAL Trends Announces 2019 The Thousand

Fourteenth annual real estate ranking advertised in The Wall Street Journal CASTLE ROCK, Colo., June 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, REAL Trends + Tom Ferry, as advertised in The Wall Street Journal, published the 14th annual The Thousand list of America’s top 1,000 real estate sales professionals and teams. An abridged list of the designees is published in today’s edition of The…

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How to Increase Agent Showings and Sales

Recently, HomesUSA.com™ CEO Ben Caballero1 sat down with real estate agent Lynn Beaurline2, a Top Producing Realtor in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area to talk about what builders can do to generate more agent sales. Lynn says, “To make it easy for agents to sell your homes, the three most important things ways to…

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June 2019 HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index

Texas New Home Market TighteningHomesUSA.com™ Says While Total Sales Improved in May, Pending Sales Tumble DALLAS, June 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While total new home sales in Texas last month improved, the market looks to be tightening as pending sales fell sharply in May, according to a report released by HomesUSA.com™, based on data…

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May 2019 HomesUSA.com™ New Home Sales Index

TEXAS-NEW HOME MARKET SHOWS MIXED SIGNALS FOR APRIL HomesUSA.com™ Says April Sales and Pending Sales Drop, but Sales Pace Improves Dallas, Texas – May 15, 2019 – Both new home sales and pending home sales dropped in Texas last month. But the average price for new homes statewide was higher, and the sales pace…

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