Texas housing market – what’s happening?

After losing his Tennessee bid for the US Congress, future Alamo defender Davy Crockett famously said: “You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.” Loan originators seeking to gain market share may also want to head to the Lone Star State given its robust housing market. Ben Caballero, founder and CEO […]

Home Appreciation Slows in September

CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER REPORTS DECLINING HOME APPRECIATION Home price gains have been slower this year across the country, but September 2018 marked the eighth consecutive month of home appreciation declines in the North Texas area, Standard & Poor’s/CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index revealed. Price growth dipped to 4.3 percent. In the 10 months prior, median home sales increased […]

RealTRENDS 2018 “The Thousand List”

Ben Caballero tops RealTRENDS’ “The Thousand List” for 2018 as the number one realtor in sales volume (in the millions) and number of transactions closed.

WSJ: Why Home Prices Have Nowhere to Go But Up

By: Justin Lahart Updated June 20, 2018 9:40 p.m. ET There are a lot of people who would like to buy a house, and plenty of them can afford to. Finding a house to buy? That is another issue. Home sales have been less than brisk this year. On Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors […]

Caballero Particpates in Home Building Forecast Panel at NAREE Conference

Journalists and Real Estate Editors from across the United States gathered in Las Vegas June 13th-16th for the Spring conference of the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE), the trade group dedicated to promoting real estate industries reporting, both commercial and residential. HomesUSA.com CEO, Ben Caballero, participated in the Home Building Forecast panel with Robert Dietz, […]

Why Agent Rankings are Based on Production — Not Business Model

Article featured on Inman News Byline by: Ben Caballero, HomesUSA.com CEO |  Since I was ranked as America’s number one real estate agent on REAL Trends “The Thousand” list, other agents have questioned my ranking. Recently, one agent read a story about how,

Lennar Chairman Talks About Innovation

Lennar’s embrace of transformational use of technology to drive its business forward became clear to audiences of Hive last fall as Lennar CEO Stuart Miller, a Hive dean, demonstrated ways that data would change local and enterprise decision-making and resource allocation from top to bottom.

Dallas Homes Sold for More than Asking in 2017

Homebuyers competing for a property in North Texas are going the extra mile to make a deal. Last year, almost 40 percent of the Dallas-area homes that sold went for more than the asking price, according to new data from real estate portal Zillow. Nationwide, about 1 in 4 homes sold for more than the original list […]