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Trish Matthews wins the 2015 Texas Realtor Hero Award

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:52-05:00February 9th, 2016|Giving Back|

If you haven’t heard already, Trish Matthews a REALTOR^® with CENTURY 21 Realty Partners has won the 2015 Texas Realtor Hero Award given by the Texas Association of Realtors. The award is given annually in Austin to a single Texas REALTOR^® for “outstanding achievement in advancing and promoting homeownership in Texas. ” We are naturally very proud of Trish and her amazing accomplishment. Trish has first hung her license with CENTURY 21 Realty Partners in 2012 and has been with us ever since. In that time she has proven her commitment to her clients time and time again. She is rated a full five star agent on both her Century21.com agent profile and her HAR.com agent profile based on completed client surveys. She has been a proud affiliate of the Homes for Heroes^® program which “rebates, and discounts for firefighters, emergency medical professionals, military and veterans, law enforcement, teachers and healthcare workers when buying, selling, renting, or refinancing a home.” When we spoke to Trish about receiving this award, she said:

I serve heroes everyday that both save lives and educate. It’s hard to believe that by helping them I can be acknowledged as one too. I guess I just do what you’re supposed to do and give back to the community.

— Trish Matthews

We at CENTURY 21 Realty Partners congratulate you. In the time you have been with us you have done an incredible job and we look forward to continued success in your real estate career. Check out some of the pictures from the awards ceremony […]

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Realty Partners in Monterrey, Mexico

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:52-05:00February 1st, 2016|International, Realty Partners|

At CENTURY 21 Realty Partners, we are always striving to be the most dynamic brokerage possible. Since our company’s inception, we have always emphasized the importance of international real estate business to the modern real estate brokerage. Our agents have closed millions of dollars worth of real estate both here and abroad. We have built relationships with buyers and sellers from all corners of the globe, Canada, China, France, Mexico, and the UK just to name a few. In particular, Mexico is a critical economic partner for Texas with billions of dollars in cross border business. Monterrey, Mexico located three hours south of Laredo is the industrial powerhouse of modern Mexico. Monterrey is an leader in automotive, household appliances, logistics, machinery, steel, concrete, and glass production among many others. After improvements in the security situation, years of pent up demand have transformed this city’s skyline. Everywhere new shopping centers, industrial parks, condos, and offices are popping up. With so much excitement, we decided to go down to Monterrey to see the growth for ourselves and to network and learn from our colleagues on the other side of the border. Our delegation consisted of four people: Patti Beaulier, the broker/owner of CENTURY 21 Realty Partners; Calvin Beaulier, head of international real estate; Ben Fuentez, recruiter and manager; and Rosa Wilhelm, a bilingual agent who has closed dozens of international transactions.

We were generously hosted by representatives from AMPI, whose Spanish acronym means the Association of Mexican Real Estate Professionals, the sister organization […]

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Houston Area Home Prices Continue to Rise

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00September 10th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Sales numbers from the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) are out for August 2015. Check out the press release. A few highlights, the median sales price (the figure where half of homes sold for more, half sold for less) rose 4.9% year over year to $215,100. The average sale price rose nearly 3% to $282,233. This means prices are still strong for the Houston area. The number of property sales has seems to have finally stabilized, with the total property sales and total single-family home sales basically the same as August 2014. Months of inventory have increased year over year by half a month to 3.5 months. This is still well under the national average of 4.8 months of inventory. Take a look at some of these figures in the table below. More comprehensive information broken out by market segments or category is available by request.

CATEGORIES	AUGUST 2014	AUGUST 2015	CHANGE
Total property sales	8,838	8,836	0.0%
Total dollar volume	$2,293,946,040	$2,354,729,681	2.6%
Total active listings	29,574	34,089	15.3%
Single-family home sales	7,407	7,454	0.6%
Single-family average sales price	$274,302	$282,233	2.9%
Single-family median sales price	$205,000	$215,100	4.9%
Single-family months inventory	3.0	3.5	18.4%
Single-family pending sales	7,525	7,413	-1.5%

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Century 21 Brand Continues Sweep of J.D. Power Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Survey

By Realty Partners|2015-09-08T10:58:20-05:00September 8th, 2015|Uncategorized|

In case you haven’t heard, Century 21 has swept all categories of J.D. Power’s 2015 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study. For the second year in a row, CENTURY 21 was ranked highest across the four segments in this study: first-time home buyer, repeat home buyer, first-time home seller and repeat home seller. The CENTURY 21 brand is the only real estate firm in the history of the J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Study to rank highest in all four segments for two consecutive years! Read more about it in the official press release here. We are proud to be a part of the unique Century 21 brand, and would like to take a moment to thank all agents across the Century 21 System for all the amazing work they have done and continue to do.

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Foreign Home Buyers Add $11 billion To Texas Economy

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00September 11th, 2014|News|

It’s common knowledge that everyone wants to buy their own little piece of Texas right now, particularly international homebuyers. Just take a look at the 2014 Texas International Homebuyers Report released this month by the Texas Association of REALTORS®. Take a looks at some of the highlights below. We have already seen international buyers making significant impacts throughout the Houston Area housing market, this trend is very likely continue into the future.

Texas constituted 12% ($11.06 billion) of international home sales in the United States between March 2013 to March 2014. This is a 3% increase from the previous period and the highest level in the past five years.
Texas ranked third in the U.S. for total number of international home sales by state, after Florida and California.
More than half of all international home buyers in Texas originate from Latin America or the Caribbean.
By a significant margin, the majority of U.S. home purchases by Mexican buyers are in Texas, with 65% of purchases occurring in the Lone Star State.

If you are an international buyer who is interested in Texas real estate don’t hesitate to contact us. We have Certified International Property Specialists (CIPS) who are specifically trained on how to handle transactions with international aspects.

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CENTURY 21 brand ranked “Highest Overall Satisfaction for First-Time and Repeat Home Buyers and Sellers

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00August 7th, 2014|CENTURY 21, News|

I’m sure by now you’ve heard the great news about CENTURY 21… We are the brand that has swept the 2014 J.D. Power Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study! Read all about it in the official press release below.

CENTURY 21 REAL ESTATE SWEEPS J.D. POWER 2014 HOME BUYER/SELLER SATISFACTION STUDY

MADISON, N.J. (August 6, 2014) – CENTURY 21 Real Estate, the iconic brand with the world’s largest real estate franchise sales organization, announced that it has been ranked highest in overall customer satisfaction by the J.D. Power 2014 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction StudySM, released today. Specifically, CENTURY 21® Real Estate swept the awards by receiving the highest ranking among national real estate companies across all four customer satisfaction segments in the study, including: First-Time Home-Buyer Satisfaction, Repeat Home-Buyer Satisfaction, First-Time Home-Seller Satisfaction and Repeat Home-Seller Satisfaction.

“CENTURY 21 sales professionals understand that real estate is about developing relationships and building trust with their customers. Customer satisfaction is at the core of everything that they do each and every day,” said Rick Davidson, president and chief executive officer, Century 21 Real Estate LLC. “Our brand reputation is earned and measured with every customer interaction, and these J.D. Power results showcase the quality of our franchise broker network and their affiliated sales professionals.”

The study, now in its seventh year, measures customer satisfaction among first-time and repeat home buyers and sellers with the nation’s largest real estate companies. Overall satisfaction is measured across four factors of the home-buying experience: agent/salesperson; real estate office; closing process; and variety of […]

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The Following Is Based On A True Feeling

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00February 10th, 2014|CENTURY 21|

As the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are getting underway, CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC is debuting the newest SMARTER. BOLDER. FASTER. television ads starring our greatest asset: the relationships we have with our clients. These ads will run throughout the games, but will be especially prominent during the bobsled competition. No wonder, since Century 21 is the official real estate company of the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. The TV spots highlight the fantastic relationships we build with our clients and as visual metaphors feature a Zen garden, a field of puppies, and crowdsurfing. Don’t take our word for it though, take a look for yourself.

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2013 Record Year for Houston Area Home Sales

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00January 26th, 2014|News|

It is no secret that Houston’s economy just keeps pumping, throughout the region both transplants and locals are discovering that buying a home makes sense. Understandably, housing supply has been extremely tight throughout the year. All this growth has driven single-family home sales in the Houston area to the lowest recorded inventory levels. Ever. According to the latest Houston Association of Realtors monthly report, single-family home sales hit a record 73,232 closings in 2013, up an astounding 17.4% over 2012 (itself a very active year). Here’s a look at some statistical highlights from 2013:

The Houston Area recorded 86,000 new jobs created, plenty of those new workers seem to have bought houses.
The Houston Area median home price was $180,000 in 2013, up 9.4% over the previous year.
The Houston Area average home price was a record-setting $265,017, up 10.3% from the previous average of $240,326 a year ago.
Single-family home inventory hit a record low of 2.6 months, meaning that’s how long it would take for the Houston Area to sell every home listed given the current rate of sales. That’s less than the 3.7 months from 2012 and 5.8 months from 2011. A more “balanced” or “typical” market would usually hover around 6 months. This is absolutely a seller’s market.
Total volume of home sales jumped 30.2% to $20.89 billion dollars.

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CENTURY 21 Launches New International Property Search

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00October 20th, 2013|CENTURY 21|

International real estate grows in prominence and importance with every passing year. Several of our neighborhoods are attracting thriving communities of expats who live, work, and play in a world class metropolitan area. When you live in a region with an economy last measured at $442.4 billion, larger than Austria’s, South Africa’s, or the United Arab Emirate’s, you see a lot of folks from around the world coming to do business or settle down. This works in reverse as well, travel to any global metropolis from Sao Paulo to Shenzhen, and you will see Texans winning friends and influencing people. Texans in general have always welcomed opportunity no matter where in the world it comes knocking. This is why we are excited that CENTURY 21 has revamped and released an industry leading international real estate search. If you are looking to buy real estate in any one of over 71 countries where there is a CENTURY 21 System member, then let us connect you to them through our global referral network. Just want to see what’s on the market down in San Miguel Allende, Mexico? Now you can.

Here is what President and CEO of Century21 Real Estate LLC had to say about the new global real estate search portal.

“Property transactions today are occurring from country to country and continent to continent, through the development and launch of our global website, CENTURY 21 has positioned its over 102,000 sales professionals to collaborate, connect and engage buyers, sellers […]

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End of Summer Market Update: Montgomery County

By Realty Partners|2017-03-13T15:54:53-05:00September 6th, 2013|News|

See how the market is doing with our latest Montgomery County Residential Market Update. Click the link above to see a short video outlining the key market trends at the end of the summer. In case you are wondering, it’s been another white hot summer buying season here in Texas. Many buyers who waited have found fewer homes on the market and higher prices, despite mortgage rates creeping upwards after historic lows. If you would like a market video regarding your city or zip code, contact us and we will be glad to provide one.

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